[Ian0351]

Awesome job DingoBoy, but too rich for my blood.
I was in a similar position right after I got out of the service, I lived in a cramped studio (no roomies), in a bad neighborhood and was gone from my home much of the day at school and work. I had my Mossberg 500, couldn't afford a $70 locking gun cabinet and wasn't allowed to make any adjustments to my residence. I abhor gun locks, and I believe that an unloaded hard to access weapon is useless. I chose to modify the sleeper sofa I slept on to create a unique, invisible compartment which I could keep the gun in during the day while I was out, loaded in condition 3. Sure it's not foolproof... but with $180 textbooks in the equation it was all I could do, and I did feel a need to be armed where I was living.
Now that my collection has grown, I have a locking cabinet which is bolted to the floor of my closet... just don't tell the apartment manager.