lurkersince03
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Okay so this really isn't a rifle question, specifically, but it does involve them. As per usual, I like to give some backstory before I get to the point. I've been weary about owning two semi-auto rifles (RomAK and an AR-15 variant), and leaving them home "hidden." We have some punk ass kids in the neighborhood who, I wouldn't put past them, could break into my home and steal them. There have been incidents years ago, some of which were in broad daylight while the rest of the neighborhood was at work, but of the kids who used to break (or try to break) into people's homes, one of them got shot in the back of the neck from the drug dealer home-owner and consequentially died. This was maybe six or seven years ago, and the neighborhood went through a quiet period up until recently.
More single mother families with unruly teenage kids have moved into the neighborhood, some of the good oldbies have moved away leaving behind a dwindling community watch. This used to be a great neighborhood back when we moved into it in '89, but now it seems like this element keeps trying to ghettofy everything they touch to perpetuate that thug life mentality here in the mean streets of Spring Lake (Fort Bragg, NC)
by putting up dozens of basketball hoops in the streets, buying and walking pit bulls and more.. pit bulls, turning the homes and yards of the those that moved away (of whom I used to be good friends with) into dirty, trash-strewn messes, all in stark contrast to the people in the neighborhood who have been here longer. I've done my best to keep my rifles hidden so no one knows I own these somewhat desirable weapons, but I've slipped a few times and I'm sure they know I've got "some stuff." It's summer now and the kids aren't in school during the day anymore. My neighbor's a white trash, single mother family with a punk ass teenage white boy kid who hangs with the rest of the wanna be thugs and even if they were home at the time my house was being robbed, they'd probably turn a blind eye because they're friends with the family of the kid(s) who are doing the breaking in. I go to classes during the day and mom stays home while I'm gone, but she's a fragile old korean woman who wouldn't know what to do with any of these guns even if I instructed her. She stays home a majority of the time but I can't count on her to stay home all of the time. Dad goes to work during the day, and unless either mom and/or myself are home, the house is pretty much unprotected. We have three Jack Russell terriers... but they're not guard/attack dogs.
Anyway. I need a gun-safe. And I need one fast. And by fast, I mean within a means of $400/$500, money that I have now, rather than saving up for the next two months to afford some unnecessarily huge $900 safe that I'd need crane-lifted into my home. I want something small enough that can hold at least four long arms and be placed somewhere like in my closet, but be burglar safe. And I'm trying to search the internet for some results, but so far I'm not finding much except discontinued models. Shipping must be insane for some of these things.
I don't want my home to be broken into at all, but more importantly, I do not want these weapons on the street in the hands of trouble making punk ass kids, some of whom I've observed grow up. Maybe I'm being paranoid. Maybe they're all just really scared to death of me and think I'm a gun-nut that wouldn't hesitate to ventilate a fool for tresspassing. But I can't keep risking it. I need to get this taken care of, without putting out a loan to do it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much love for anyone who who can help.
More single mother families with unruly teenage kids have moved into the neighborhood, some of the good oldbies have moved away leaving behind a dwindling community watch. This used to be a great neighborhood back when we moved into it in '89, but now it seems like this element keeps trying to ghettofy everything they touch to perpetuate that thug life mentality here in the mean streets of Spring Lake (Fort Bragg, NC)
by putting up dozens of basketball hoops in the streets, buying and walking pit bulls and more.. pit bulls, turning the homes and yards of the those that moved away (of whom I used to be good friends with) into dirty, trash-strewn messes, all in stark contrast to the people in the neighborhood who have been here longer. I've done my best to keep my rifles hidden so no one knows I own these somewhat desirable weapons, but I've slipped a few times and I'm sure they know I've got "some stuff." It's summer now and the kids aren't in school during the day anymore. My neighbor's a white trash, single mother family with a punk ass teenage white boy kid who hangs with the rest of the wanna be thugs and even if they were home at the time my house was being robbed, they'd probably turn a blind eye because they're friends with the family of the kid(s) who are doing the breaking in. I go to classes during the day and mom stays home while I'm gone, but she's a fragile old korean woman who wouldn't know what to do with any of these guns even if I instructed her. She stays home a majority of the time but I can't count on her to stay home all of the time. Dad goes to work during the day, and unless either mom and/or myself are home, the house is pretty much unprotected. We have three Jack Russell terriers... but they're not guard/attack dogs.Anyway. I need a gun-safe. And I need one fast. And by fast, I mean within a means of $400/$500, money that I have now, rather than saving up for the next two months to afford some unnecessarily huge $900 safe that I'd need crane-lifted into my home. I want something small enough that can hold at least four long arms and be placed somewhere like in my closet, but be burglar safe. And I'm trying to search the internet for some results, but so far I'm not finding much except discontinued models. Shipping must be insane for some of these things.
I don't want my home to be broken into at all, but more importantly, I do not want these weapons on the street in the hands of trouble making punk ass kids, some of whom I've observed grow up. Maybe I'm being paranoid. Maybe they're all just really scared to death of me and think I'm a gun-nut that wouldn't hesitate to ventilate a fool for tresspassing. But I can't keep risking it. I need to get this taken care of, without putting out a loan to do it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much love for anyone who who can help.
