“You can get a good handgun safe for a lot less than a new pistol. Be aware that the tether that comes on some models can be easily cut with bolt cutters. Side cutters will cut them too, but it takes longer. I secure my handgun safe with a heavy chain and very good padlock...I had a hole drilled in the safe as near to the edge as I could get it, so that I could pass the shackle of the lock through the hole, and then attach the chain to the safe using the padlock...and the other end of the chain I lock to the seat frame post with another heavy duty padlock. This also helps prevent the safe being pried open, which can be done on most of the lesser expensive models. (I have to leave my gun in my car when we go somewhere where a gun cannot be “

How do you get to this gun if you need it?