| In recent times, we hear more and more stories of | | | | Well the theory is pretty much quite simple, as the safe |
| children opening fire with guns and rifles at public areas | | | | stores and secures whatever that is inside the safe |
| such as schools and parks, resulting in numerous | | | | with the use of a fingerprint as the password for it, to |
| injuries and even fatalities! These children normally | | | | both lock and unlock the safe. Usually you would need |
| obtain these guns from their own homes, where their | | | | to program the safe to accept only your fingerprint as |
| parents keep the guns for safety and security | | | | the accepted password, or you could also program it |
| purposes. But when these guns are not locked up or | | | | to accept a specific number of other authorized |
| secured properly, and these children have access to | | | | fingerprints (perhaps your wife's or your parents' |
| them, it certainly becomes a problem to not only the | | | | fingerprints). Some of these safes can store up to 15 |
| parents, but the authorities and the public as well! | | | | fingerprints in their memories. These secure safes can |
| Affected by peer pressure and sometimes | | | | either come with the sole security of fingerprint-based |
| unbalanced minds, these young children do have the | | | | access control, or it could come attached with |
| tendency to act rashly at times, and with a gun in their | | | | secondary access control mechanisms such as a key |
| hands, the results could only be catastrophic to say the | | | | as well as a number combination-based lock to |
| least. | | | | complement the fingerprint-access control system. |
| Thus the best way to prevent such occurrences | | | | And depending on the size of the safe, you could |
| would be to have parents keep their personal firearms | | | | store one, two or even three guns within the safe in a |
| and guns away from their children, and it would even | | | | secure and foolproof way. Some of the more popular |
| be better if the children are not aware of the | | | | biometric safes include the BARSKA Biometric Safe |
| existence of any firearm within the household. But if | | | | (available for approximately less than $300), the |
| they are indeed aware of the existence of a gun | | | | Gunvault MVB500 Micro Vault Biometric Safe (holds a |
| within their home, they should not be given access to | | | | gun securely for a cost of less than $200) and |
| where the guns are situated. The best way of doing | | | | theGunvult GVB2000 Multi Vault Biometric Gun Safe |
| this is by purchasing an extremely secure safe where | | | | (can hold more than 2 guns, but is slightly more |
| you could store your gun safely and away from your | | | | expensive at about $300). |
| children. A fireproof safe would do nicely (one that | | | | Not only would these safes work to keep your gun |
| comes with a lock-unlock combination together with a | | | | away from your children and other young ones, they |
| key would be favorable), or you could opt to have one | | | | are also amongst the best burglary safes out there! |
| that is more sophisticated to increase the security | | | | Burglary prevention couldn't be simpler if you want to |
| level, for instance a fingerprint gun safe, also known as | | | | keep your essentials such as jewelry, small family |
| a biometric safe. | | | | heirlooms and even cash away from the reach of any |
| How does a biometric gun safe work one may ask? | | | | thieves or burglars. |