And how is it shitty?

easy to break/pick?

Yes

You can shim em pretty easy as well

If someone got access to your gun... gun lock won't be a hindrance to them

Unless that lock is on the proper gun safe

No shit

But a safe should be where your gun is

What I see gun locks be useful for is to prevent your noob offspring from shooting said gun if they happen to find it

Well that really depends

Most kids can get into gun locks

You should have taught em not to touch firearms without permission.

Most gun locks are free and useless

Kids are curious

I've seen some decent ones for vehicles, but they are still easy to pick

What?

Better be safe than sorry about a dead kid

Yeah that's why you have a safe

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@Iain_an_séú As a hobby lockpicker I can tell you that 99% of locks are easy to pick

Hey me too

I love locksport

Even the most namebrand locks are sometimes extremely easy to pick, just because assembly line puts a randomised bidding into them

That means - some locks will be randomly very-pick-friendly

Yeah and most companies don't use security pins

You can get extremely-hard-to-pick locks

Those exist too

I know

But the caveat is that they cost a lot or are not easy to get

True I've got a few ABUS padlocks around the house, they were pretty expensive

And ABUS isn't too of the line really

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Normal locks will do their job most of the time though
> if a person is determined to break in - a lock won't stop them
> a shitty lock is enough to discourage an opportunistic thief that would steal your stuff given a chance

True

I picked my sister's luggage in 1 second flat

She forgot the code and needed to get in

That padlock had like 0 protection and I could reach the relase lever right away

The amazement and shock on her face were entertaining

> she lrealised that her lock was not worth shit all this time while she was putting thousands of dollars worth of jewelry on her trips in there