Hiding your guns in plain sight
There are an estimated 140 million guns in the US and it’s important for each of these to stay secure. Sure there are traditional gun safes, cabinets and racks, but many of these are obvious and easy to defeat by a skilled burglar. That’s why you can add an extra layer of protection to your gun collection by hiding them– often in plain sight.
We’ve all walked past those displays of refrigerator sized gun safes and marveled at the thickness of the walls, how heavy the doors are, and how many huge moving deadbolts the door secures with. The problem is, most of these safes are meant to protect the insides from fire and casual theft, not to stop an all-out assault on your firearm collection by someone who knows what they are doing.
In fact, most of your basic safes are so simple that a kid can pick them with household items in just a few minutes.
Beautiful glass gun cabinets are even easier to penetrate as most use only a simple cam-lock to close the doors and, of course, have large panels of very breakable glass.
The solution could be in some cover and concealment
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