Do the best gun safes have to look like gun safes? Not really. What the gun cabinet looks like is up to you. You can opt for a traditional, metal safe-type cabinet or you can choose something that will blend in with the surroundings of your home. In fact, the police prefer a gun cabinet to be tucked away somewhere discreet, rather than on obvious display. (Read shotgun storage advice from a firearms officer here.) Your gun cabinet needs to be lockable but that doesn’t mean it needs to have a traditional key. Some use biometric technology so you can use a fingerprint to open them. (Here’s ...