Poor method of gun securement

[Chucktshoes]

Ran across this video elsewhere and I could have sworn that I had seen a conversation here about someone wanting to use something like this in their POV. Well, it turns out that a very common lock used by police departments for securing shotguns and patrol rifles in squad cars is complete and total crap. 
 

 

[GlockSpock]

By looking at it I figured a shim would open it, but I lost it when I saw that it takes a standard handcuff key. 

[KahrMan]

I hope that is an older model that is no longer sold.  If not then that is ridiculous.

[E4 No More]

Certainly not the shotgun locks we had in our patrol cars in the late 80's and 90's. 

[Capbyrd]

2 hours ago, KahrMan said:

I hope that is an older model that is no longer sold.  If not then that is ridiculous.

They've moved on to the SC-6 and I doubt it has any major improvements.  

[TomInMN]

2 minutes ago, Capbyrd said:

They've moved on to the SC-6 and I doubt it has any major improvements.  

Well, it probably costs more. That's an improvement for the seller...

[MacGyver]

You'd be surprised at the number of locks that can be opened with a good rare earth magnet.

They'll also break your fingers if you're not careful - so consider that fair warning before you play around with them.

[Grayfox54]

Most any long gun lock in a Police car is electrically operated. Many are wired to work with the key off. All ya gotta do is push the button. Which is always plainly marked.   

However, we did once have the magnet coil go bad in one with a shotgun in it. I had to disassemble an 870 while still in the rack so I could get to the bolts to remove it from the car. It was a major PITA. 

[Ronald_55]

2 minutes ago, Grayfox54 said:

Most any long gun lock in a Police car is electrically operated. Many are wired to work with the key off. All ya gotta do is push the button. Which is always plainly marked.   

However, we did once have the magnet coil go bad in one with a shotgun in it. I had to disassemble an 870 while still in the rack so I could get to the bolts to remove it from the car. It was a major PITA. 

Even of the key was needed in the ignition, if you can get to the wires, lots of this stuff runs on 12v, so a battery will pop it open. 

Another lock to watch out for is the ones realtors put on your door with a key inside. You can open that type with a shim made from a soda can. Plus as you do it, you can decipher the pass code. So you only need to do it once and you can open tgat until it is reset. 

[No_0ne]

All my life, I've heard people say something to the effect of "locks are made to keep honest people out" ...