"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:24:52 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Buerste wrote:

"Ignoramus10294" wrote in message
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I would like to buy a safe for a bedroom, mostly to keep my wife's
jewelry, but possibly a handgun as well.

Two issues stand out, one is what sorts of safes are robust in the
sense that they open when commanded, and another is how to attach
that safe securely so that robbers could not simply take it with the
aid of some tools like large prybars.

Any practical thoughts on this will be appreciated.

i

Think differently, rather than "robust" go for stealth.


A stealth safe. Just don't forget where you put it. ;-)

Seriously, it takes a lot of work to make it difficult to secure a
safe, without building a building over it. Look at the ATMs being
knocked out of buildings by ramming them with a car, or some earlier
models that they could hook a cable from a wrecker to, and rip it out of
the building.

A floor safe, set in a lot of concrete and under a heavy piece of
furniture is the most secure, and the hardest to use. The harder a safe
is to use, the less likely it is to be used. It happens all the time.
'It takes too long to open the safe', 'Its in a hard to reach place'.
that leads to things being left out, 'till the next time I need to open
the safe'.

What good is a gun, in a safe?

If it's a cool vintage gun that you shoot once a year -- lots.

If it's your protection against home invasion* -- not much.

* I've never suffered a home invasion. No one in my family has suffered
a home invasion. The only person I know who suffered a home invasion ran
with a seriously weird crowd. I would contend that if you are worried
about home invasions then you are (a) too paranoid, (b) hanging with the
wrong people, or (c) living in the wrong part of the world. (a) can be
taken care of with medication, (b) can be taken care of by changing your
friends, and (c) can be taken care of by changing the part of the world
that you live in, or living in a different part of the world.

But what do I know.

Do you read a newspaper? Do you have a television?

Look at them, and you'll know that home invasions happen all the time.

Steve