Florida car gun safe
In Florida, the glove box is legal. It’s also the first place a thief looks.
Less than a dollar a day.
Safes from $464 (about $1.28 a day for a year), or 4 interest-free payments of $116.00. See how it works
or 4 interest-free payments of $116.00
The Golden Gate Elite is a 12-gauge steel car gun safe that clicks into the child-seat anchors in your back seat and hides under a booster-seat cover. Pistol in, unloaded. It opens with your finger in about a second.
Permitless carry got you in the car. It didn’t get you into the courthouse.
The courthouse, the polling place, the airport terminal, the bar side of the restaurant, your kid’s school game. Florida law keeps the gun out of all of them. So it waits in the car, in a parking lot where thieves know to check the glove box.
- The glove box.Legal, and held shut by a plastic latch.
- The console.One in four gun owners who leave a gun in the car keep it here. (Injury Epidemiology, 2026 survey of 1,856 gun owners)
- A cable box.Bolt cutters take about four seconds, and the box leaves with them.
- The beach bag on the floor.Thieves work beach lots because they know you’re in the water.
How many car break-ins happen in Florida?
reported to police in , 2025.
is closer to the real number. Only about 1 in 4 thefts is ever reported.
That’s roughly one every in .
Your car has steel anchors. We lock a safe to them.
You might not know they’re there. Every passenger vehicle sold in the US since the 2003 model year has them, by federal standard FMVSS 225. A child seat clicks into them. So does a Boosted Safe.
- Locked to the car.Two steel latches grab the same bars that hold a child seat in a crash. The release is inside the safe.
- Looks like a booster seat.Nobody breaks a window for a booster seat.
- Opens in a second.Fingerprint first. Keypad and key behind it.
Why it's a Boosted Safe
Steel. Fingerprint. Anchors.
Florida gun in car law, in plain English
What Florida law says about the gun in your car.
The short version, for adults. Each line links to the statute. One catch: school districts can opt out of the exception that lets you keep a gun in your car in a school parking lot (s. 790.115). This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Laws change. Check Florida’s current law before you rely on it.
- “Securely encased” is enough.A handgun in a private vehicle has to be “securely encased” or not readily accessible. A glove box, a holster, a gun case or a closed box with a lid all count (s. 790.25, 790.001).
- No lock law for a parked car.We couldn’t find one for adults. Locking it up is your call.
- Kids change the rules.If a loaded firearm is somewhere a child under 16 could get it, Florida wants it locked (s. 790.174).
- Work and store parking lots.Employers generally can’t stop you keeping a legal firearm locked in your own car in their lot, with exceptions like schools (s. 790.251).
Sand, sun and a smashed window.
Bought by the people who protect presidents.
Orders on file from the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, bought through official channels. From police departments and sheriff’s offices in states from Oregon to Florida, fire departments, police K9 academies, the Marines and the Navy. From security firms, investigators, firearms instructors, and the photographers who buy through B&H.
Also on the order file
From the order file. An agency appears here because someone there bought one, through official channels or for their own car. No endorsement is implied.
Law enforcement and firearms pros vouch for it.
“As a retired Police Chief I was looking for something like this for years. I have other portable vault for vehicles… but this takes the cake!”
“The locking and closing mechanism is built for business. Fit and finish absolutely excellent.”
“I love your product! I'm a police officer and I have an unmarked police vehicle.”
“As a retired police officer this safe makes it easy to secure my firearms in a safe manner if not allowed to carry into business.”
“This thing is awesome, weird no one thought of it sooner.”
“I really like the safe. It has a solid build quality which is the most impressive factor in my opinion.”
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Set up in less than 60 seconds.
No tools. No drilling. No mods. It clicks into the same steel anchors a child seat uses. Fifteen seconds in, fifteen seconds out, and it moves to your next car with you: yours, your spouse’s, a rental.
- So easy your grandma can install it.No grandson required. Helen did it on camera, stopwatch running.
Click it inTwo latches grab the child-seat anchors in your back seat.
Add your fingerEnroll a fingerprint in about twenty seconds. Code and key as backup.
Drop the coverNow it’s a booster seat. Nobody steals a booster seat.
What’s riding in your car?
Tap everything a thief would find. Replacement prices, not sentimental ones.
The average BoostedSafe owner locks up about $2,900 of stuff. The safe is $464, once.
Or 4 interest-free payments of $116.00, or $464 once. A smashed side window runs $150 to $450 on top.
Backed by the BoostedSafe Guarantee.
Four promises come in the box with every safe. We’ve kept every one of them across 10,000+ orders.
If a thief damages your safe or somehow beats it, we send you a new one. Free. We already do this. Now we’re bragging about it.
Manufacturer defects are on us for as long as you own it. Not a year. Not five. As long as you own it.
Put it in your car. Live with it. If it isn’t for you, send it back inside 30 days for a refund.
Lost a key, wore out a cover, cooked a battery door? A person in Salt Lake City answers, and we repair or replace it.
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Three safes, $199 to $464. Every one in 4 interest-free payments.
Mini EliteCertified booster seat
Smallest footprint, best disguise
Opens with your fingerprint
$742 of protection. Only $264.
Mini EliteSmallest footprint, best disguise$264
Break-in replacement guaranteeA thief damages it or beats it, we send a whole new safe.FREE · $264 value
Lifetime warrantyDefects covered for as long as you own it, plus parts and support for life.FREE · $149 value
Steel security cableIncluded with every safe. Loop it through a seat frame for a second tether.FREE · $20 value
Faraday bagFits a 16-inch laptop, an iPad or a phone.FREE · $25 value
Three-layer foam insertPick-and-pluck, egg-crate and a base layer. Shape it around your pistol, camera or laptop.FREE · $20 value
Boosted Safe EliteBest seller
Fits a 16-inch MacBook Pro
Fingerprint, keypad and key
$1,066 of protection. Only $399.
Boosted Safe EliteFits a 16-inch MacBook Pro$399
Break-in replacement guaranteeA thief damages it or beats it, we send a whole new safe.FREE · $399 value
Lifetime warrantyDefects covered for as long as you own it, plus parts and support for life.FREE · $149 value
Steel security cableIncluded with every safe. Loop it through a seat frame for a second tether.FREE · $20 value- Free shipping, in a plain boxOn every order of $299 or more.FREE · $29 value
Faraday bagFits a 16-inch laptop, an iPad or a phone.FREE · $25 value
Black booster-seat coverThe disguise. Quilted, black, fits like upholstery.FREE · $25 value
Three-layer foam insertPick-and-pluck, egg-crate and a base layer. Shape it around your pistol, camera or laptop.FREE · $20 value
Golden Gate EliteCertified for firearms
12-gauge steel · 37 lb
Fingerprint · CDOJ certified gun safe
$1,196 of protection. Only $464.
Golden Gate Elite12-gauge steel · 37 lb$464
Break-in replacement guaranteeA thief damages it or beats it, we send a whole new safe.FREE · $464 value
Lifetime warrantyDefects covered for as long as you own it, plus parts and support for life.FREE · $149 value
Steel security cableIncluded with every safe. Loop it through a seat frame for a second tether.FREE · $20 value- Free shipping, in a plain boxOn every order of $299 or more.FREE · $29 value
Faraday bagFits a 16-inch laptop, an iPad or a phone.FREE · $25 value
Black booster-seat coverThe disguise. Quilted, black, fits like upholstery.FREE · $25 value
Three-layer foam insertPick-and-pluck, egg-crate and a base layer. Shape it around your pistol, camera or laptop.FREE · $20 value
Two vehicles? Buy any two safes and both are 25% off. Ten or more, 30% off. Mix any models, Golden Gate included. Compare every model
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Straight answers.
Is a glove box legal for a gun in Florida?
For an adult, Florida counts a glove box as “securely encased”. Legal isn’t the same as safe. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Laws change. Check Florida’s current law before you rely on it.
Do I need a permit to carry in my car?
Is it a real gun safe?
Yes. The Golden Gate Elite is 12-gauge steel, and the California DOJ lists it as a certified firearm safety device. Florida doesn’t keep a list like that, so California’s is the one to check.
Can I store a loaded firearm in it?
No. Firearms go in unloaded.
Will it fit my car?
Most passenger vehicles from the 2003 model year on have the anchors. Check yours in a minute.
Is there a deal if I buy more than one?
Yes. Buy 2 to 9 safes and every safe in the order is 25% off. Buy 10 or more and every one is 30% off. Mix any models, Golden Gate included. Refurbished safes don’t count, and the deal doesn’t stack with other codes.
Can a thief just take the whole safe?
It’s latched to steel anchors welded to the car’s body, and the release is inside the safe. To take it out, someone has to open it first. With enough time and enough tools nothing is secure. Our job is to make a smash-and-grab take far more of both than a thief brings to a parking lot.
What if I don’t like it?
Put it in your car and live with it. If it isn’t for you, send it back inside 30 days for a refund. Defects are covered for as long as you own it.
The glove box is legal. A steel safe is smarter.
The Golden Gate Elite. 12-gauge steel, clicked into your back seat in under a minute. Two cars? Buy two safes and both are 25% off.