1ºThad Maske Where's your question? Cuz I see nothing. If the question is, how do you get a gun out fast enough to defend yourself in case of a home invasion, the answer is that you should have invested in an alarm system first, if you live in a bad neighborhood - even having a sign up deters invasion - and proactive security at weak points where entry is more likely. People who have guns available during a home invasion are more likely to see the guns turned against themselves than to be able to defend themselves with them. I don't personally buy the "self-defense in case of home invasion" argument because I think it's just an excuse for cowboys to get all hot and bothered with defense fantasies - we don't have guns in our home and I've never been concerned about needing one in case of a break-in, because chances are much higher that one of my kids could be injured or killed by an unsecured gun than that I will need an unsecured gun to fend off a criminal.
2ºThad Maske And if responsibility is too hard for you, Thad, then you probably shouldn't have either children or guns. The argument keeps coming back as "well, responsible owners would never", but I keep getting laugh reacts from these so-called "responsible owners" who apparently think keeping children safe is less important than storing their guns however they want to in their own house. So, which is it? You're a responsible gun owner who would do whatever it takes to keep your weapons out of the hands of children and su*cidal people, or you're just a run-of-the-mill 2A-humping gun nut who doesn't want to be told how to manage his business even if it would save lives?
3ºDiane Carr and Zyn Marlin I think you are missing my point. The owner of the firearm was a convicted felon who was not supposed to have the firearm in the first place. He's probably not going to follow a safe storage law either. The vast majority of lawful gun owners already store their firearms safely, in accordance with the needs of their household. Felons generally do not do so, given their predisposition to risky behavior, and the fact they are not supposed to have the gun in the first place so a gun safe might look suspicious if their home is searched.
Safe storage laws also do not take into account the different storage needs of each home. A household with kids has different storage needs than a household without kids.