have had 3 different makes
prefer the mechanical ones no batteries
at my dads house the only pistol he had was a Ruger MK I when I was growing up
we could look and handle it anytime with his permission and supervision. the penalty for handling it without his permission was belt across your azz till you couldn't sit down.
but I did so anyway, just never got caught for that transgression
soooo I got one for us when our kids were small
as others have said, when the kids are put to sleep you open it
in the a.m. you close it. easy peasy, cheap insurance from my view
I like the ones where there's enough room for handgun, spare mag, surefire and prepaid cell phone.
I was gone for extended periods when I was guiding and it just gave me the warm fuzzies that mom was prepared and the kids were safe.
the daughter was the only real risk in retrospect, she's like me, hard headed
oh and we've always had dogs, a valuable component imo&e for home security
