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I hide all of my guns - except one - in large, heavy Fort Knox safe.
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they are better than average safes. average $1000 -$2000 safes sold in box stores are 12 gauge. 12 gauge can be cut with hacksaw, indeed with sheers, and can be cut in half in five minutes with a $75 120 volt grinder. 12 gauge is a 12th of an inch.
For long guns you have n choice. you should buy the best safe possible. for a home defense handguns requiring locks safes or strongboxes ignores variables for each owner class and need.
handgun safes make sense, as I said, in some cases for homes with children. You increase you chance of theft from burglary with a small safe, but depending on factors only the home and gun owner knows, the mix of diversion, locking and whether loaded or not is best known by the gun owner.
Locked unloaded is prudent for hunting long guns. For defensive weapons the options should be open for the owner