buddy's house just broken into

[CB3]

In today's world I cannot imagine not locking up my valuables, including my firearms.

In addition to a quality, large hidden gun safe (that cannot be moved) I have a long gun safe secured with a steel cable under my bed, and numerous quick access handgun safes bolted in place around the house. I always have a loaded handgun on me or within a few steps. When I leave the house there is nothing of real value to burglars that they can get their hands without a lot of time and effort.

My monitored alarm system and the dogs will convince anyone foolish enough to try breaking in that it is not worth the effort. Our police response time is under 3 minutes. I have a number of other passive security systems in play at all times. It does take some time and money to get set up like this, but it is not just for the guns. It is for the family. This is obviously not a rental unit.

When all I could afford was a thin-walled steel locking gun cabinet, that's what I got. Probably mostly effective for keeping kids away from items that could hurt them, but at least I had something. That safe is still part of my plan, being in the garage and containing non-essentials. It would probably be one of the first things thieves would see, and spending time on that unit delays other more productive endeavors.

Make the effort. Spend the money. You won't ever regret it.

[muggsy]

no. I gonna have to look into one myself. Hate to do it though. Like my stuff at the ready and feel if I get one the bad guys won. But that aside, your right.

I keep all of my guns in a safe except for the one I'm carrying. I'm ready 24/7.

[muggsy]

They probably won't punish him. He had a bad childhood and wasn't breast fed. He just needs someone to understand his plight and give him the things he needs to succeed in life, like your and my stuff to pawn to buy meth.
It's really your friends fault for not having a several thousand dollar safe to prevent the poor guy from stealing and possibly getting in trouble with the law. I mean guns right out in the open inside your house where anyone could just take one or two or all of them. Not good.

It's really an increasing issue and totally understandable under these current trying times.

I'm sure if bummer had a son he'd look just like the fella that robbed your buddy, in fact I can almost guarantee it.

I was breast fed, but I was weaned way too soon.

[muggsy]

I seem to be on a colorful jazzy saying roll today. We just take so much of this BS that you reach a point where you want to speak the truth and look back and see how history has handled this stuff.

This kind of stuff just didn't happen much 50 or even 30 years ago, sure some and more in some areas than others but now it happens a lot because the system lets it.

It's no longer the bad guys fault for anything. You get our car stole it's because you left the keys in it and let a good guy go bad.
Steal from your house, you might have left the door unlocked. How could anyone pass that up.

Single parents, both parents working with kids in day care, drugs, welfare, and now gay marriage and marijuana in my state, that ought to help things out a lot.

+1 I'm with you on that one, Bawanna. Crime is prevalent because we allow it to be. If we the people gave our elected officials one term to clean up crime or be replaced they would clean it up in a heartbeat. We're too concerned with the rights of the criminal and not concerned enough with the rights of the victims of crime. I'm all for cruel and unusual punishment.

[AC7880]

I have a Honeywell Firesafe about that same size in my motorhome. I keep important documents, extra checkbooks and credit cards, and pistol when it's "home alone" in the safe. It's out of visual sight unless you look for it, and mounted with liquid nails and 2 screws.

It is designed for fire resistance more than for theft resistance, but does offer some protection. It has a punch button electonic combo, with a master key for backup. I have the master key very well hidden.

It is for this reason and for fire protection that I am seriously looking at getting a safe. Home Depot has a 1.2 cu ft fire safe for $159 that I am looking at for my small pistol collection, my camera and some important papers. For those with more guns, more room and more money, a larger safe can be purchased for about the cost of one gun. Doesn't that seem like a wise investment?

[muggsy]

My son picked up a very nice gun safe at an estate sale. It cost him more to have it delivered and bolted to the floor than what he paid for it. He changed the combination himself.