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Every method of securing the gun can be defeated, given time and tools.

But a lockbox can and often does buy time, as a criminal who encounters one is more likely to pry the box off the wall and take the whole thing with him than he is to arm himself and lie in wait for the homeowner.

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Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world. – Mary Shafer