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Firearm Safety Rules

Gun safety advocates would perhaps do well to adapt the United States Forest Service's slogan "only you can prevent wildfires" to the cause of unintentional firearm deaths. After all, firearm safety literally rests in the hands of each and every gun owner. Unfortunately, all too many gun owners fail to properly handle and/or secure their weapons, leading to hundreds of fatalities each year, more than half of them children and teens.

Preventing these tragic accidents doesn't require new information or complicated actions, only adherence to a few fundamental rules of gun safety. Our guide to firearm safety rules reiterates these fundamentals, and also addresses the role that gun safes and cabinets play in restricting access to guns and reducing gun accidents.

Gun Safe Buying Guide

Buying a gun safe involves the careful consideration of many different factors, including size, features, brand, and price. A little specialized knowledge is also useful when considering such details as the degree of fire-resistance a safe provides and the pros and cons of the various safe locking systems. Fortunately, specialized knowledge is one of the things we can offer at GunCabinetsandSafes.com. To help you choose the right gun safe for your needs, we've put together this Gun Safe Buying Guide.

Gun Safe Fire Ratings

According to the National Fire Protection Association, 399,000 homes had structure fires in 2007. That's one fire every 79 seconds. These residential fires were responsible for $7.4 billion in direct damage. Fire damage is a very real threat for gun owners, and that's why buying a fire resistant gun safe is such a wise investment. But without a single established rating standard, how does one know which fire-resistant gun safe is best? Our guide to gun safe fire ratings explains the numbers.

Home Safe Buying Guide

For those first-time shoppers who think a home safe is basically a metal box with a lock on it, it can be disconcerting to see all of the safety features and product ratings that are available. We created this home safe buying guide to make the process a little less complicated and to help customers like you find the right safes for their needs. So get your pencil and notebook ready. Here's a crash course on home safes.

Gun and Home Safe Installation

If your do-it-yourself handyman skills lie somewhere between Bob Vila and Homer Simpson, then gun and home safe installation should be a task that's within your capabilities. In this Gun and Home Safe Installation article, we offer advice on everything from what kind of moving dolly you might need to how to install wall, free standing, and in floor gun safes. And if all else fails, you can always call your friendly neighborhood installation professional.