There is no way to deter a determined thief who has enough time. A primary reason to have such a safe is to secure the weapon from children. I don’t care what kind of safe you have, all can be defeated by a determined enough thief with enough time.

It can be a felony in California to fail to secure your firearms

I am curious as to how you equate safe handling of firearms with fantasies about fighting off bad guys. Because there are many reasons to own firearms.

You just say that because, as a Canadian you are used to it.

Poutine

It’s always about “protecting the children” isn’t it?

Maybe San Marino? And they have been around a long time.

This is the way. Store your ammo separately too.

Because guns are ubiquitous in the US, I taught our son, and his friends these rules as soon as they were able to understand and remember them, e.g. 10-13 years old. This is because should they encounter guns somewhere they need to immediately know if those firearms are being handled safely. And I told them to immediately leave the area to f they ever come across people handling guns in an unsafe manner.

My wife tolerates a little of my bullshit. But that tolerance may be because she can’t tell if I’m just being weird or not. And she knew I was different when she was dating me and yet she still married me.