Have you considered a safe with an illuminated keypad? Thats what our safe on our sleep level has. Plus we have the types that open with our finger prints for both hand guns and long guns. Throughout the main level we have various items such as clock, books and a secret compartment in the mantel in case of home invasions. The big cabella safes are in the basement and would take longer to access. We used to have handguns spaced about but with the babys arrival we changed all that. Plus the dog would slow them down long enough for us to retrieve a weapon, and make a sandwich and check our messages lol.