Mr Battler: you don't ned to spend $1000 to safely lock up a gun, you can do it for about $50. Get thee to sears and get a big, solid steel toolbox that padlocks. Stop by Home Depot and get some 3" long 1/4" lag bolts. Take the tool box and drill about eight 1/4 holes equally spaced in the bottom and run those lag bolts through the floor into the studs in the floor of your closet (don't tell your wife you drilled holes in the floor). The shag carpet will cover them when you leave.