[looscnnn]

"Or if you can't afford a gun safe"

Unfortunately, this is the case for me at the present time.

[No.6]

"Unfortunately, this is the case for me at the present time."

That's a shame (verifying an earlier post I found a little bedside safe for $99 online at Cabela's) but keep in mind presently you can be sued if that firearm is stolen and used wrongly. If this bill passes and you still have no safe nothing changes.

IMO entirely independently of laws and lawsuits or lack thereof it is reasonable to secure a firearm when you're not going to be around it. If you're home, certainly don't put any dam trigger lock on your gun and turn it into a club. But if you're away, and your firearm isn't with you, put some kind of lock on it. Better yet get your CCW in order and take it with you :)

[DBrow]

Since they do not (yet) define "gun safe", I suspect a stout metal box with a padlock would qualify as a safe storage device- like a yardsale or fleamarket toolbox. You could lag it to a beam or the floor if you wanted immobility. I know a guy who got a row of lockers from a factory that was upgrading and uses those to store long guns- combo padlocks on each 18" x 56" door.

If the feds issue standards on what is and is not a "gun safe" then the financial crunch will make many of us liable for civil and criminal penalties if a gun is taken.

Me, I just carry all day and wear my Ernie Hill leather to bed- it's under my control, eh?