djed wrote:Money not an issue.
They are looking for something they can mount on their nightstand.
The safe should hold a handgun and ammunition. I believe he has a semi automatic handgun so magazines instead of bullets??
I believe he wants something he can access quickly in the event of a break in and at the same time keep people that shouldn’t be there away from his gun. (Is that what you mean by a threat model?)
I wrote a concise definition of threat models
elsewhere:
FranklyFlawless wrote:Threat modelling is about determining what assets you want to protect, what adversaries are interested in them, and what resources and skills they have to dedicate to acquiring it. Distilled to its rawest form, it is about time, and the more time you want to buy yourself, generally, the more expensive it becomes to protect your assets.
We already know what assets require protection: a handgun and its ammunition. We also know that their concern mainly involves people, not house fires. What we do not fully know are their adversaries' capabilities, so ask them about it. There is also some important metadata surrounding this safe: nightstand-mountable; and a quick unlocking procedure.
However, if they are concerned about a break in, they should address improving their home security first before considering a safe; the house exterior is the first line of defense.
djed wrote:It seems from the comments posted above there is no “standard” when it comes to biometric gun safes.
Well when I think about a "standard" for safes, I think about SentrySafe, because their brand is most recognized by consumers. They are part of the Fortune Brands Innovations portfolio, alongside Master Lock and American Lock, among others. Here are their products that use biometrics as their authentication method:
https://www.sentrysafe.com/products?lockType=BiometricHowever, I cannot necessarily recommend any of these products, even tentatively, without a clear threat model.
I think LPL reviewed a few on YT.
