I'm not saying they don't happen, but I've never heard of a burglary that targeted a gun safe. I have known of several people whose homes were burgled where safes were present. They weren't breeched and the thieves took electronics/jewelry/money/etc...items that were left in plain view.
20+ years ago I managed for a national jewelry chain. I was dating the manager of another nearby store whose store was hit by a crew on a Saturday night. They found the phone pedestal at the back of the strip center and bypassed the alarm (bf the days of cell back-up). They then drilled the locks on the safes and cleaned them out. They cut all of the manufacturer tags off items and took all of the jewelry that was in for repairs out of the envelopes and left the envelopes on the floor of the store. The safes were REAL safes...TL/TR rated and they opened them like opening a car door. They made off with about 2 million dollars in loot. They were in the store several hours and took EVERYTHING. As a parting shot, they superglued the locks on the entrance doors shut to slow down access. The break-in went undiscovered until noon on Sunday when the employees showed up to open for the afternoon. The moral to the story is: short of a bank vault, if they want in, they will get in. Stop the opportunist drug-crazed thief (99.999% of gun thefts) and insure your weapons. The case was never solved...
20+ years ago I managed for a national jewelry chain. I was dating the manager of another nearby store whose store was hit by a crew on a Saturday night. They found the phone pedestal at the back of the strip center and bypassed the alarm (bf the days of cell back-up). They then drilled the locks on the safes and cleaned them out. They cut all of the manufacturer tags off items and took all of the jewelry that was in for repairs out of the envelopes and left the envelopes on the floor of the store. The safes were REAL safes...TL/TR rated and they opened them like opening a car door. They made off with about 2 million dollars in loot. They were in the store several hours and took EVERYTHING. As a parting shot, they superglued the locks on the entrance doors shut to slow down access. The break-in went undiscovered until noon on Sunday when the employees showed up to open for the afternoon. The moral to the story is: short of a bank vault, if they want in, they will get in. Stop the opportunist drug-crazed thief (99.999% of gun thefts) and insure your weapons. The case was never solved...