I don't hide my guns where I live now, kind of pointless since I live in the country and have a range that is visible from the road, not unusual to hear the neighbors out shooting. When it is spring, summer, or fall; I typically hear guns and 4 wheelers throughout the day.
However, when I lived in a small local town for a year when going through my divorce I had two pistols stolen from my apartment. I got them back in 24 hours from the police. The apartment was a house duplex set up. Seems the neighbor kid and a buddy saw me leave with the guns in their cases and then come home. I then left to go to my parents house for a family dinner and when I got back I checked the apartment and saw the guns were gone. I called the cops who quickly figured out that the kid had crawled up into the attic and then down into my apartment through an attic door on my side. He fessed up when confronted and they recovered them in a nearby city where he had given them to another of his friends to sell. Needless to say I then bought a safe for the apartment and kept only one rifle and one pistol there from then on. It was kind of sad to see a thirteen year old in handcuffs and leg irons at the courthouse when it came to trial. But he had a prior record and if you do the crime you have to do the time. I hope he learned. He pled out and I didn't have to testify.
So I can fully understand why depending where you live you would choose to be discrete about having guns in your home.
However, when I lived in a small local town for a year when going through my divorce I had two pistols stolen from my apartment. I got them back in 24 hours from the police. The apartment was a house duplex set up. Seems the neighbor kid and a buddy saw me leave with the guns in their cases and then come home. I then left to go to my parents house for a family dinner and when I got back I checked the apartment and saw the guns were gone. I called the cops who quickly figured out that the kid had crawled up into the attic and then down into my apartment through an attic door on my side. He fessed up when confronted and they recovered them in a nearby city where he had given them to another of his friends to sell. Needless to say I then bought a safe for the apartment and kept only one rifle and one pistol there from then on. It was kind of sad to see a thirteen year old in handcuffs and leg irons at the courthouse when it came to trial. But he had a prior record and if you do the crime you have to do the time. I hope he learned. He pled out and I didn't have to testify.
So I can fully understand why depending where you live you would choose to be discrete about having guns in your home.