Insurance or Safe or both???

[Casey2296]

I'm Old School...
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[troutbum97]

Those fancy Glock 9s & tough talk aren’t going to help you extinguish your house fire.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by troutbum97

Those fancy Glock 9s & tough talk aren’t going to help you extinguish your house fire.

I have lived in 7 new homes in the last 58 years no fires 3 states.

[BeanTown]

Both no question. However using a bank box works well to

[philliesfan]

I would go with a safe and insurance. Whenever you pass on, a bank safety deposit box is inventoried by the state for inheritance tax.......I think.
Bob

[philliesfan]

Another thing I saw recently on a similar post is that if you get both, and if you tell the insurance company that you have a safe, it is assumed the card is in the safe at all times when you are not home. So if you leave something out of the safe and it is stolen you may not get reimbursed because it was not in the safe.

[hcv123]

READ whatever policy you get and understand clearly what is covered. Insurance pays you in case of loss - necessary (unless you consider "self insurance"). A Safe helps prevent or minimize a loss - if you go this route - it needs to be a good fire proof safe in a "good" location, secured to make it difficult to break into.

Depending where you are and your feelings on the matter - Benneli, Mossberg or Smith and Wesson not a bad idea.

[triwak]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I would go with a safe and insurance. Whenever you pass on, a bank safety deposit box is inventoried by the state for inheritance tax.......I think.
Bob

When my father passed away five years ago, no one looked through his SD Box except family members. Just my experience.

[lumberjack]

I went back to my notes on fireproof safes. They are fireproof for between thirty minutes and 1 1/2 hours (this depends on what you buy). Waterproof means they will survive the fire department or a sprinkling system, but not a flood.

If you have a fire (or a flood), the safe is pretty much shot and will have to be replaced.

A three or four drawer (I forget) weighs about 450 pounds; nobody is going to carry one out the back door.

The best bet is: If you own a T206 Wagner, DON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT.

Still a good deal.
lumberjack