Hi fungus53, you fuckin' RAWK!! 
There are "safes" and there are "Residential Security Devices" and there are "boxes with locks".
Safes are usually very heavy and expensive, starting at $2000 or so. RSDs are very common, and a lot less expensive, from $400 to $1500 or so. Lock Boxes are $50 and up. Depends on what kind of security you want.
For keeping the young uns out of the gun supply, a lock box is fine until they become old enough to learn how to pick locks, so maybe 10-13 depending on the kid. I'ts good for keeping semi-trustworthy roommates out too.
RSDs are good for keeping teens and casual thieves out, especially if you are able to bolt it to the floor and/or wall. Depending on the thickness, they can often be defeated with home power tools or even a simple heavy sledgehammer. So a thief will need some time to get into it, but if you are away, chances are you have tools in your house that will get into that RSD.
If you can't bolt it into the floor, theives can just pick it up, (even heavy ones) and carry it away to attack it at leisure.
Safes will be fastened somewhere, usually it's part of the installation. It's usually heavy enough so that you need special equipment to move it (like piano moving equipment, not just an appliance dolly) and the flooring has to be reinforced where it sits.
I like, and have a Sentry brand RSD, with a combo lock. It's the 14 long gun model, and I can't fit everything I have in it. But, it is bolted into 5" of concrete in both the floor and wall, flush with both.
I also have a smaller Stack-On lock box to store about half of my ammo, and I have a Gun Vault for quick access and also a Stack-On keypad lock box for my office which I'll bolt to something secure.
Stack on is made of very thin metal, you could get into it easily with a claw hammer I'd say.
There are "safes" and there are "Residential Security Devices" and there are "boxes with locks".
Safes are usually very heavy and expensive, starting at $2000 or so. RSDs are very common, and a lot less expensive, from $400 to $1500 or so. Lock Boxes are $50 and up. Depends on what kind of security you want.
For keeping the young uns out of the gun supply, a lock box is fine until they become old enough to learn how to pick locks, so maybe 10-13 depending on the kid. I'ts good for keeping semi-trustworthy roommates out too.
RSDs are good for keeping teens and casual thieves out, especially if you are able to bolt it to the floor and/or wall. Depending on the thickness, they can often be defeated with home power tools or even a simple heavy sledgehammer. So a thief will need some time to get into it, but if you are away, chances are you have tools in your house that will get into that RSD.
If you can't bolt it into the floor, theives can just pick it up, (even heavy ones) and carry it away to attack it at leisure.
Safes will be fastened somewhere, usually it's part of the installation. It's usually heavy enough so that you need special equipment to move it (like piano moving equipment, not just an appliance dolly) and the flooring has to be reinforced where it sits.
I like, and have a Sentry brand RSD, with a combo lock. It's the 14 long gun model, and I can't fit everything I have in it. But, it is bolted into 5" of concrete in both the floor and wall, flush with both.
I also have a smaller Stack-On lock box to store about half of my ammo, and I have a Gun Vault for quick access and also a Stack-On keypad lock box for my office which I'll bolt to something secure.
Stack on is made of very thin metal, you could get into it easily with a claw hammer I'd say.
