I know, I know. Safes are the best way to go. But that's honestly not an option, at the moment. I live with a roommate, and there's no way he could afford half of it, as his guns would go in it, as well.
Also, beyond that, we rent, so if we ever have to move, then moving the damned safe becomes a factor. Third problem is that we live in a mobile home park, so that means we'd have problems both a) fitting the safe in here, and b) convincing the landlord to install a couple-three extra floor support blocks under the house in a certain area.
We recently actually stepped back and realized how many new toys we've acquired in the past few months, and even beyond the problem of not being in a position to get a safe, we'd have to get one of the larger ones, as we have about ten long guns between us, and are damned sure looking at more.
As it is now, we store our guns in our respective closets, with cable locks in each, usually with either the bolt removed or the gun similarly disabled in some visible manner. Everything except our chosen home-defense weapons are kept this way, and those leave the house with us when we go, also.
None of this, however, helps against possible theft. Since we work opposite, overlapping schedules, one of us is here 90% of the time. But we know it's that 10% that's gonna get us, if it ever does.
So what would you guys suggest? We don't flash our firearms often. Usually only seen as we load them in the car for the range, and most are in cases, then. So few people know we have them. We want to find something secure enough / problematic enough to hopefully prevent some kind of impulse grab, should someone bust in looking for money / electronics.
As I said. I know the safe is best, and given this were my house, i'd spring for it myself. But it's not, so we need some kind of low-cost solution to keep our toys from walking off.