[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by tcphoto

Why would you not press charges? The girl has a history of substance abuse and has been in and out of treatment, this is a perfect opportunity to scare her straight.

A guy on my street was murdered by a coke-head who was in and out of treatment and jail since he was a teen.

His mother actually had the nerve to ask the judge during the trial why her 30-something son couldn't be treated as a juvenile instead of being sent to prison.

You're not doing anyone a favor (including her!) by letting her skate.....

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by Reborn_

If you want a pistol box, I recommend the Fort Knox (comes in 3 sizes). Pricey at $300, but it's very secure and has a simplex lock (no biometric crap, no batteries, extremely low failure likelihood). I actually have 2, and they're great for storing pistols throughout the house. Well worth the $ IMO

And funny enough, I'm prolonging buying my first shotgun (first long gun) because of the same issue - figuring out my safe is overwhelming.

Thanks! That sounds like exactly what I want!

Originally Posted by kscarrol

40 inches with the door open...

Edit: Apologies, mine is the 18 gun safe, not the 24. The depth on both models is the same at 20 inches. So my door is 20 inches wide getting to the 40 inches when open. Mine 24 inches wide while the 24 you're looking at is 28.5 inches. I would assume you have the same 2 inches on either side of the door so maybe a 24.5 inch door which would get you to about 44.5 deep with the door open.

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Re: safe size...

Get one probably twice the size you think you need. I bought one for the firearms I used to have that was big enough... UNTIL my wife decided she needed to put a plethora of her stuff in it! Your wife will find many things she needs to put in it.

So I went with a Winchester 26 long gun safe. I had gone to go check them out at Tractor Supply as they are local vs anything else I could go to see some in person being over an hour away. It fits perfectly in my closet and luck had it that my father-in-law that lives nearby had a ton of people over to watch some football. Got it out in the trailer and friends helped tuck it away yesterday afternoon.

I’m sure it’s far from the nicest thing out there, but it’s a great size and an even better price. Long story, but the Tractor Supply guys really helped me out and I got it home for under $400 all in. Compared to the grand or so that I was looking at for very similar stuff, I’m happy! Loaded it up last night.

Originally Posted by tcphoto

Why would you not press charges? The girl has a history of substance abuse and has been in and out of treatment, this is a perfect opportunity to scare her straight. Firearm wise, my strategy is to have them locked up when I’m not home and at least one nearby and available when I am home and next to the bed when sleeping.

I had a lengthy sit down with her parents yesterday. While appreciative that we didn’t, they were sort of in the camp of teaching her a lesson. Benefits on either side of the fence, but we had to choose a side.