Abstract: A gun safe comprising a carriage configured to receive only a portion weapon; a housing; a lock configured to lock a portion of the weapon; a biometric scanner positioned adjacent to a handle of the weapon so that when a user grasps the weapon while the weapon is locked within the gun safe, a user's finger of the hand grasping the weapon handle contacts the scanner directly, wherein upon receipt of a fingerprint of the user's finger, a processor determines if the fingerprint matches a fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, and wherein in response to the processor determining the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-registered with the gun safe, the processor instructs the lock to release the locked portion of the weapon.