O ya our house was broken into 2 weeks a go while we were southern Indiana. 30,000. in guns and jewelry gone.
Gun Safe?
That was one of the first things I did when I had my first kid - I had a "mishap" when I was a kid with a .45 my dad left lying around loaded with a 3rd grader in the house (oddly I own it now - Remington Rand 1911 he took home from Vietnam). Vowed never to let that happen to my kids.
Fireproof etc - and we have an alarm, and a large Labrador also. A few layers of defense, at least it might make it not worth a crooks time. Should they break in while I am home, they are f'd.
Sorry you had that happen to you!
Sean