Hayman Minuteman Safe (From $795)

Many of us grew up in households where it was common to store shotguns and rifles behind bedroom doors throughout the house. These were not strategically placed to defend the homestead but instead a place to, well, store long guns. Times have certainly changed, and secure storage is the responsible practice, especially if you have children in the house. If you still like the behind-the-door storage option (we do, too), you can have your cake and eat it too with Hayman’s Minuteman Safe.

These are low-profile safes that can be mounted on virtually any wall and provide near-instant access to a long gun. To our knowledge, the Minuteman is the only safe that actually removes the gun from the inside and presents it to you in a muzzle-down, ready-to-deploy position — and it doesn’t take up any floor space in a room. Mounted in a typical 2×4 stud wall, the safe is accessed via fingerprint or a unique 6-digit code that you program into the lock. For more information, contact Hayman Safe Company, Inc.; Tel.: (407) 365-5434; Web: www.haymansafe.com