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by Trisha L. Wagner, Tri

Biometric gun safes are the most state of the art and technologically advanced gun safes in the marketplace today, naturally along with that comes significantly higher prices. “Biometric” references how the locking mechanism of the safe releases and allows access to the contents. Instead of using mechanical locks and keys or combination dials or electronic key (pin) pads similar to using a debit card at the atm, the biometric family of gun safes uses an electronic fingerprint scanners.

Why would someone need or want one of these devices?

Biometric gun safes are most useful if you have handguns that are kept at home or the workplace and the intended purpose of those firearms is protection. As a gun owner you should have an understanding that you need to keep your guns secure so that they do not get stolen by thieves, mishandled by curious children or misused by angry teenagers, any type of locking safe regardless of locking mechanism can handle this task. However if, in an instant you need to quickly have access to that firearm to protect yourself, your family or co-workers from an intruder or burglar, your only choice is a biometric gun safe. With any traditional safe you would have to fumble with keys, dials or type in a sequence of numbers on a key pad. These tasks if attempted under extreme pressure or half asleep in the dark of night could be impossible and prove fatal. Biometric safes allow you to release the locking mechanism by simply placing a finger tip over a laser scanner. You could have your gun in your hand within seconds without even opening your eyes.

How to differentiate between biometric gun safes?

Biometric gun safes can vary in price from a few hundred dollars for a single fingerprint scanner, single handgun safe; to thousands of dollars for larger gun vaults with the capacity to hold multiple handguns, long guns and ammunitions, with multiple fingerprint scanners.

While most gun safes are rated only on how well they prevent theft, unauthorized access and damage from fire; biometric gun safes are additionally rated on false acceptance and false rejections. False acceptance identifies how likely an unauthorized person like a thief could get access to the safes contents, a false rejection would identify how likely an authorized person like yourself would not be allowed to access the safe.

Single finger scanning safes are usually to most reliable and least expensive. Safes that scan four fingers offer much higher level of security but typically also posses higher cost and false rejection ratings.

Biometric gun safes also vary on how many samples they can store in memory and how fast they can process the samples. The higher end safes can hold multiple samples such as you, your spouse, your business partner or other trusted friend or family member and will be able to process the samples accurately within a split second.

The last variation in biometric gun safes is whether the safe can be opened with just a fingerprint, just a key, or with a fingerprint and a key in conjunction. Single purpose safes are the least costly and offer the most ease of use. Safes that offer the most variations require a bit more technical ability to configure to your liking or needs and will be at the top of the price spectrum.

Biometric gun safes replace your keys and combinations with fingerprints. They protect your firearms from theft, unauthorized use and fire, while allowing authorized access to the guns within in mere seconds. Typically the larger safes with the most robust choice of options and highest performing ratings command the highest prices.

With the increase of crime nowadays especially, the rise of home robberies we must definitely find different ways to protect our valuables. Crooks usually target small items because they are light and easy to steal. Unfortunately, guns fall into the small items category, meaning your firearms could be at risk. There are several security devices you can buy to protect your house however none of these devices will protect firearms and valuables better than gun safes. A biometric gun safe will keep your guns away from children and at the same time allow quick and easy access to your firearms.

Biometric gun safes
A biometric gun safe is a security storing device to safeguard weapons, the outside shell and door are made out of solid steel. The inside is set up to store long guns, handguns and other valuables. They look and function similar to conventional safes except, they are equipped with a biometric lock.

Biometric technology
Biometric technology is the science of reading and analyzing human body characteristics, like fingerprints, hand prints, eye scanning, face patterns, and even voice recognition. A biometric gun safe reads your fingerprint; transforms the fingerprint patterns into digital formats and compares it with the database stored in the selective memory. This technology is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the most accurate and safe ways to grant access to a secure location.

Many government agencies such as The Department of Homeland Security, National security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency and many others presently apply this type of technology to grant employees access to top secret documents and files without having to worry about the possibility of someone counterfeiting their identity. Biometric technology is also used by law enforcement agencies to find criminals that commit crimes in different states and run from the law. When a criminal is in custody authorities will process his fingerprints to a nationwide database that will automatically gather information about the suspects criminal record. With this type of technology, it is impossible to run from authorities.

With a biometric gun safe, you don't have to worry about misplacing your combination, someone else having or creating a master key, or simply forgetting the safe combination because you are always carrying the combination with you (your own finger). Furthermore, you could easily access your guns and at the same time keep them away from unauthorized hands. Biometric gun safes without a doubt are the most revolutionary security storing devices of the 21 century.

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