I caught this article from Consumer Reports and it’s very good.

As Home Defense Sales Rise, So Do Calls for Safe Gun Storage

It is not political or judgmental.  It simply advises that people buy and use safe storage, and recommends some methods for safe storage.

Consumer Reports spoke to gun-safety experts, firearms industry groups, gun store owners, and public health officials to understand the current market and to advise consumers about what they need to know about safe weapon storage.

One recurring message: While the ownership issue of guns and other home defense measures is controversial, there is widespread agreement that if you’ve purchased a gun or another weapon, proper storage and safety techniques are critical.

That includes the National Rifle Association, which describes itself as America’s “preeminent gun rights organization” and advises on its website to “Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons.”

The best practice is to secure all firearms in locked storage, with ammunition stored and locked separately, says Bill Brassard, senior director of communications for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms industry group. The American Academy of Pediatrics echoes that advice.

Brassard says a common criticism of gun locks and safes is that they could slow response time in a self-defense emergency. But “many lockboxes open very quickly, providing access to the gun owner, while still being inaccessible to a child,” he says.

Consumer Reports quotes the NSSF more than anybody else, and even positively mentions Project ChildSafe.

According to Brassard, cable locks fit most guns but might not work on some firearms, such as double-barrel or break-action shotguns. In those firearms, a trigger lock can be used to prevent the gun from firing. But Brassard recommends a cable lock whenever possible because it requires the gun to be unloaded when it’s installed, adding an extra layer of safety.

However, his group encourages gun owners to use a lockbox or a safe because a gun lock wouldn’t stop someone from stealing a weapon. Many storage units can be bolted down for extra security. And they can be small enough for a single handgun, or big enough for long guns or several firearms.

Preventing theft is just as important as keeping a kid from touching it.

Currently, there are no federal safety standards for gun safes. The industry relies on voluntary standards set by groups such as ASTM International and UL, and standards for gun safes set by the California Department of Justice.

And I want to make sure it’s kept that way.

During the ongoing coronavirus crisis, with many physical stores closed, some retailers are still selling gun safes online. Liberty Safe, a gun-safe maker, for example, says it plans to continue shipping during the pandemic, as do some smaller operations, such as Titan Vault, a manufacturer of high-security gun safes based in Oceanside, Calif. 

I have had nothing but good quality from Liberty.  I don’t own anything by Titan Vault but I’ve heard good things about them.

I thought this article was very well written and I agree with it completely.

I cannot drive this point home too much.

It is critical that any identifiable group police itself before it does something that causes moderates to demand it be policed by an outside force.

Yes, the anti-gun activists will always demand the most stringent safe storage.  They will never stop.  We can never please them as long as we are gun owners.  Telling me this in the comments doesn’t change my point.

The question is: can they persuade the moderates to vote to make safe mandatory safe storage the law.  That is the point.  They way they do that is with horror stories of kids who find guns and shoot themselves or others.

When they have bloody shirts to wave and sob stories to tell, that is what they can use to push the moderates into voting against us.

The absolutely best thing we can do is take responsibility for ourselves and deny the antis the dead kids they need as ammo against us.  And oh yeah, fewer dead kids too.

Lock up your guns.  And if you know a first-time buyer, encourage them to lock up their gun too.