what do you keep your guns in?

[antiquus]

In a gun locker, in a locked closet, and if someone's not home and you think it's safe to try, please smile for the camera, and too late - the email with your picture is already on my cell phone.

 

[Snowdog]

I've been impressed by the ideas of a coworker who favors the "hidden in plain site/sacrificial offerings" route.

This fellow, who had worked in construction as a kid and is knowledgeable with drywall work, has a "hidden closet within a closet" where he keeps his most treasured toys and leaves a couple junkers out that he wouldn't shed many tears over if missing.

It's unconventional and somewhat irresponsible, but I do find this angle intriguing.
I guess if I didn't have a fenced in yard, dogs, sturdy doors and windows, an alarm system, nosy neighbors and a couple safes, I might consider it as something to augment what I'm working with now.

 

[Mike1234567]

^^^ What Snowdog wrote!! My plans precisely except I want to build a fireproof outbuilding in which to store firearms and emergency supplies. The most valuable items will be behind a false wall.

 

[JayBoogs]

Hence the "bolt it down/put it in a corner/put it in a closet" recommendations. If you can't get a big pry bar on it things get more difficult.

And, of course, have a monitored alarm so they don't get to take their time.

^Precisely.. The position mine is bolted in, it would not be very easy to get at it. Plus.. the four #16 2" screws into the floor aren't budging much either . The more firearms you have and the bigger the safe makes positioning it harder.

 

[Ignition Override]

All that counts is that I never had a handgun (the only gun was a .22 rifle, unused/stored in the attic).
There are risks keeping a handgun in a room for self-defense, yet not be a lethal risk to very curious youngsters.

When my son was small, he and most other boys might have perceived where a handgun is kept.

He was/is more important to me than anything in the world (now 23), and I would not consider having anything that could be a deadly risk to him.

Good luck to you guys. Children can not be replaced.

 

[P5 Guy]

Really Need Two Choices

My gun locker is locked in my closet.

 

[heeler]

To the original poster.
Some friend...First,since your main concern is keeping the guns away from the kids the Centurion is absolutely fine.
On top of that you bolted it down so it will work pretty good if some smash and grab puke comes for a quick visit.
I have had my home burglarized three times over three decades and can say they will positively find any gun safe that is hidden unless of course it's behind some decorative paneling or a hidden walled off area.
Everytime my home was hit they went through every drawer and closet.
Everytime!!

And remember not all RSC gun safes are created equal.
It's a lot easier to get into a thin 12 or 14 gauge gun safe with a composite door than one with thicker steel and a plate steel door.
And power tools will get into not only all RSC gun safes but even a TL rated safe.
Most home burglars are not so equipped unless thay are coming specifically with the gun safe in mind.
If you own major power tools buy yourself a contractors steel tool box and lock them up.

 

[NoobCannon]

I keep my guns in...

my room

Dad's room

Livingroom

Kitchen

Bathroom


....I feel pretty "safe".

 

[FROGO207]

I have a selection large enough that they are in three separate locations at least an hours drive apart. The thing about a sacrificial container and a deeply hidden one are the way to go. I NEVER refuse an offer for an old unusable firearm or some steel rods/rebar. Alarms and dogs, make that hungry dogs are a deterrent also. That'll get what the nosy neighbors miss.