[Dedbone]

Serious question. Would the electronic lock on my gun safe be rendered inop as a result of a EMP (electromagnetic pulse) bomb?

[Yo-Yo]

Does your gun safe have a backup manual key lock?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Serious question. Would the electronic lock on my gun safe be rendered inop as a result of a EMP (electromagnetic pulse) bomb?

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Yes. You could try creating a faraday cage around it, but there’s something important you should know:

Electronic gun safe locks are NOT for emergency use. A locksmith told me they fail at about 5 years. They’ll either fail “open” as mine did, so you’ll be able to access your stuff, but not lock it, or they’ll fail “closed” and you’ll be locked out, needing a locksmith to drill out (destroy) your safe. But in a crisis (after EMP) if might be a little hard to find a locksmith.

It’s easy to have a locksmith replace the keypad with a conventional dial (this is what I had done). Just a couple hundred bucks.

Do it NOW!

[marktwain]

“Serious question. Would the electronic lock on my gun safe be rendered inop as a result of a EMP (electromagnetic pulse) bomb?”

Almost certainly not... but as another poster noted, electronic locks are known for failure. I do not want one on anything I need to get to in a hurry.