I'm so dang smart, sometimes it's scary...

[Fishguy]

So I was cleaning up a little and came across a couple of these guitar hangers I had lying around. These are cheap little things you can pick up in a music store to hang guitars on your wall for display and space savings. Then I realized it would also make a great way to store the HD shotgun inside a closet door. I'm so damn smart I can't even stand myself sometimes.

 

[Biggie313]

ewwww cable locks... I have 2 big "U" hooks in my closet and mine sits above the door inside so its out of sight.

 

[PapiBarcelona]

Looks like free wall decoration to anyone who wants it

 

[mdram]

not hd imho if its locked

 

[Half-cocked]

Why not stick it over the doorway, horizontally?

A. It's out of reach of small children, so you can dispense with the lock.

B. It's faster to transition to a shooting stance.

C. A+B = much faster readiness, in an emergency.

 

[fivepointstar]

I like the fact that you're thinking outside teh box.

I think you should market it before one of these guys here steal your idea

 

[Biggie313]

Why not stick it over the doorway, horizontally?

A. It's out of reach of small children, so you can dispense with the lock.

B. It's faster to transition to a shooting stance.

C. A+B = much faster readiness, in an emergency.

exactly what I did and recommend. A cable lock on a HD gun = HD club

 

[kalister1]

Anybody who thinks there is such a thing as out of reach of small children has NEVER had small children in their house! They can climb like Monkeys. I watched my friends little boy scale a brick wall to get to where Dad HID the matches to get the fireplace lit. He would have made a rock climber jealous.

 

[Gambler]

Anybody who thinks there is such a thing as out of reach of small children has NEVER had small children in their house!

+1

Finding the compromise between child safe and accessible can be tough though.

 

[Biggie313]

Keep them up is not even half the effort. Teaching your kids not to play with them is the real way to do it.

 

[browning guy]

Keep them up is not even half the effort. Teaching your kids not to play with them is the real way to do it.

+1

 

[Fishguy]

not hd imho if its locked

But, it's also not a tragedy waiting to happen either with 3 young kids living in the house. Ya gotta make comprimises sometimes since there is no perfect situation.

Also, at night once the kids are asleep, the lock might or might not come off just in case something goes bump in the night. Also, I may (or may not) have a very small handgun in a holster or in the pocket of my gym shorts (read: secured on my person and out of reach of little hands) when I'm putzing around the house which could offer a means to fight my way to the shotgun...

 

[Fishguy]

Why not stick it over the doorway, horizontally?

A. It's out of reach of small children, so you can dispense with the lock.

B. It's faster to transition to a shooting stance.

C. A+B = much faster readiness, in an emergency.

I would but sadly there is duct work in the wall above the doorway of said closet so it will not fit.

 

[Fishguy]

Keep them up is not even half the effort. Teaching your kids not to play with them is the real way to do it.

Absolutely. But, having said and done that with the 2 kids who are old enough, I still prefer to obey the law whenever possible.

 

[G O B]

Anybody who thinks there is such a thing as out of reach of small children has NEVER had small children in their house! They can climb like Monkeys. I watched my friends little boy scale a brick wall to get to where Dad HID the matches to get the fireplace lit. He would have made a rock climber jealous.

As a father of 5 grown children, I can tell you from experience - there is NO place that children cannot reach!

 

[Fishguy]

Anybody who thinks there is such a thing as out of reach of small children has NEVER had small children in their house! They can climb like Monkeys. I watched my friends little boy scale a brick wall to get to where Dad HID the matches to get the fireplace lit. He would have made a rock climber jealous.

I've watched my 20 month old son shimmy up the refrigerator to get to something wanted on the counter top next to it. He would grab the door handle with his hands and put his bare feet against the door to climb up like a monkey climbing a coconut tree.

 

[Kotyaer]

Anybody who thinks there is such a thing as out of reach of small children has NEVER had small children in their house! They can climb like Monkeys. I watched my friends little boy scale a brick wall to get to where Dad HID the matches to get the fireplace lit. He would have made a rock climber jealous.

Thinking back to some of the things I did as a kid to get to places I shouldn't have been. I was Spider-man... erm, Spider-boy!!

 

[PJDiesel]

As a father of 5 grown children,

I only have one (all but grown now). I can also attest, they are crafty little buggers. My son was taught at a young age, guns are NOT toys, nor should he be looking at or touching one unless in my presence.


Great idea on the guitar hook, I'm not a fan of having it OUT and unloaded though (for HD). By the time you have that cable off of there, it could be too late I'm afraid.

 

[jmiller320]

My dad built a room in the basement where he kept all of his tools. My brothers and I figured out we could go in the closet on the other side of the locked room. Climb up the shelves and squeeze between the floor joists and get into the room. Where theres a will theres away.

 

[Biggie313]

Everyone keeps posting how kids can get into something. Yes we all know that, but they will not if taught properly. Do you keep your kitchen knives locked up from your kids? Do they play with those? No (at least I hope not). But thats not what this thread was about. I like the idea and I have something similar, but I do not like the the idea of a defensive gun having a lock on it, especially one needing a key.