subject: A Biometric Gun Safe Could Save Your Life [print this page] Some real breakthroughs in computer and optical technology are transporting the realm of sci-fi straight into our present-day world. An interesting newcomer to the home security products marketplace is the biometric gun safe. If your home contains a handgun, it is imperative to lock it up so that your kids and those of your friends and relatives can't touch it. Moreover, being able to open the safe quickly could be essential, when and if it may ever be necessary.
A biometric gun safe is certainly adequate for the task of locking up important papers and other valuables, but it is especially well designed for handgun security. I hope you'll never absolutely need to get your gun, but if you do, you'll want to do it quickly. Seconds wasted messing around an old school rotary dial safe may cost you time you don't have. Traditional safes require you to find and turn on a light before attempting to open them. A fingerprint safe obviates that need. Touching one button in the keypad activates the sensor, allowing easy access to your weapon. Holding your finger or thumb to the illuminated sensor for about a second will make the door pop open.
These safes are quite easy to wall-mount. A biometric safe fits tightly between adjacent 2x4's spaced the standard 16 inches apart. This safe's design will make normal break-in attempts most difficult because there are no exposed screw holes to be drilled. As beautifully designed as it is, a photo, painting or poster will conveniently hide the safe for additional safety.
Intelligent programming options allow you to create several user authorization profiles and activate recognition of more than one thumb or finger of your own. In a pressure situation when you need to access your gun quickly, you might not have the presence of mind to recall whether you programmed recognition for your right or left hand, so why not set up the safe to recognize both thumbs?
You'll need your wits about you and your coordination up to par to open a conventional safe. Moreover, losing or forgetting your combination means a call to the local locksmith. A biometric gun safe takes memory out of the equation. No need to worry about power outage; a replaceable battery will supply the safe with power for many months. Alternatively, the safe can be powered with an external DC power supply.
I sincerely hope you'll never need to get your pistol quickly. None of us relishes that prospect. But if you ever do, having it stored in a biometric gun safe would seem to be a much more sensible plan than locking it in a conventional safe, a drawer, or worst of all, not at all.
Want to know more about purchasing a Biometric Gun Safe? The Avid Biometric Safe web site is one of the most authoritative references for this important new technology.
