As my daughter got older I knew I needed a secure place for my bedside firearm. As I searched for a bedside safe I was surprised to find that all the products on the market had, in my opinion, critical flaws. They were either too difficult to operate in the dark, slow, not reliable, or required batteries. Imagine you accidentally pressed the wrong button during an emergency. You wouldn't know until the safe failed to open and you had to restart, or even worse, wait for the lockout period to end. I wanted a device that would conceal and prevent unintentional access to my firearm, but still be immediately accessible in the dark, under stress without the use of batteries or electronics.