Here''s a thought for you: If the safe has a S&G mechanical lock, then it also has a key lock in the knob. All that lock does (but important for your situation) is to prevent the knob from being turned.Dreamer42 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:41 pm Thanks so much for the replies. I greatly appreciate all of the wise and honest answers. It's one of those decisions we know we need her to take for his benefit as well as the safety of everyone else. All of his guns are in a safe, and he already has difficulty opening it. We just need to break it to him gently. He's a sweet man, retired educator, and even now understands when things are explained logically and simply. Thanks again.
If you can find the key, the safe can be locked & then use the key so he can't get in it.
You have my sympathy because I know what you're going through. My father suffered from Senile Dementia (kissing cousin to Alzheimer's) and Parkinson's. Near the end, he thought I was his brother.