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Did a little searching on Pete's thread and came up with this article.

Worried about Bump Keys

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Pete Zaria

I'll agree that bump-keying is probably not a likely entry method for a burglar in most situations; they look for the path of least resistance, so to speak.
The question is, what's the weakest link? If your windows are completely unsecured, I agree that there's no real point in spending money on bump-proof locks.

But take my place for instance.
I coughed up the cash for a big roll of ShatterGuard film and did almost all of my lower-floor windows (minus the bathroom window, which is too small to climb through anyway, and I didn't have enough to do the top foot of the sliding glass doors).
I also reinforced my doorframes and hinges. (Yes, I'm a little paranoid).
So in my situation, the locks might actually be the weakest link, and it would make sense for me to get good locks.
That might not be the case for everyone, of course.

By the way, if you haven't looked at ShatterGuard, check it out:

Window & Glass Protection Films By ShatterGARD. Available In Your Hometown!!

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Pete Zaria.

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Two safes...in back closet...no one knows that they are there...except the 8,000 people who read these threads...

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David in FL

Mine's bolted down in the master bedroom closet......exactly where a BG would look first for such a thing.......

2 reasons.......first, I just don't have a better/more covert place in the house (no basements in FL) and 2d, and more importantly, it's immediately assessable at night. If something goes bump in the night I'd rather have everything I need at hand.......

Chooie

I'm bolting mine directly to the slab and wall, and am going to be building shelving/storage space framed right around the safe (basement/garage). Mas Ayoob has in the past suggested that having the gun safe in the "Safe room" of your home is wise, as it provides good solid cover, as well as housing your defensive tools at the same time.

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In a closet, bolted to the floor, in addition to a small accessible pistol safe in the bedroom.

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Best place if it is full of guns is at my house. I will take good care of it and the guns.

What the?

Anywhere in your house is fine, just replace your front door with this:

and the back/side doors with these:

edr9x23super

When I installed my gun safe, it was in the Master closet bolted into the floor and wall. I got a model that was 10-gauge steel in the walls becuase a cop friend told me about lesser safes he had seen broken into where burglars used a pick axe to punch a hole in the side of the safe, then a regular axe to open the hole wider so they could use a pry bar to widen the hole enough to get the guns out. I also installed it in the end of the closet in the middle so any burglar could not get any kind of swing on a sledgehammer or similar instrument to try and get the safe open. The other security options I have in place is a burglar alarm with a cellular option that notifies police even if the phone line is cut. My favorite, though is the pepper gas canister that is rigged to a door contact on the closet door; when the burglars open the door and enter the closet, a 10 second delay times out, then sprays the entire closet with pepper gas.

So the BG's are gonna leave my house PO'd when they stumble out hopefully empty-handed.

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fernset

How has the shatter gaurd worked out for you? How long have you had it? Has it yellowed? I saw on their website they have different varieties, which one do you have?