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The United States is filled to the brim with gun owners, and thankfully, many of them are responsible enough to invest in a storage solution to properly secure their collections. The two most predominate products for achieving such a solution are gun safes and gun cabinets. Unfortunately, however, there are a lot of folks who just don’t understand the radical differences between the two, often mistaking the two as synonymous. The following paragraphs will highlight their most unique dissimilarities, hopefully guiding you to making a decision that appropriately suits your needs.

A gun safe typically has a much larger footprint than a cabinet. They’re heavier (some premium models weigh in at over a ton), and they often have greater physical dimensions. The advantage here is that a heavier safe provides better security, and a spacious interior allows for ideal organization. The disadvantages, on the other hand, is that it can often be difficult to find a place in the home to house a one ton steel box, and furthermore, how to move it into place. One great thing about gun cabinets is that they can generally be picked up and moved at the owner’s will.

Of course, that same perk also happens to be a fault. While you can easily move around a gun cabinet, a burglar may experience the same pleasure.  he sheer weight of a gun safe, particularly one that is anchored to the floor, is enough to deter many criminals from the beginning. Should they choose to pursue their bout with the monster, they may try their hand at safe cracking. Breaking into a safe can be attempted through a variety of methods, including drill, pry, and punch attacks. Quality gun safes are built with the resilience and engineering to ward off many of the said attacks.

In addition, many safes are constructed to withstand nonhuman elements. Fire and flood protection is almost always a beaming characteristic of a premium gun safe. Many models, such as the $5500 Liberty National Security Magnum, are built to protect its contents for up to 2.5 hours in a raging fire. A gun cabinet would not stand a chance against either a professional burglar, a fire or a flood, but there is a major plus that comes from this.

Gun cabinets are very cheap in comparison. You may not get the protection or the lifetime warranty that many safes provide, but a $200 Homak cabinet may be all you need to keep a cheap rifle or two out of the hands of your children. What needs to be understood from all of this is that a safe isn’t necessarily superior to a cabinet. Sure, it may be several cuts above in construction and security, but what really matters is how it fits into your lifestyle. Keep this in mind next time you venture out in search of new home security product.

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