How About This, What's The Best Way To Prevent A Crime?

At home our security is a safe and a .22 (essentially a tic-tac gun).

Keep your expensive coins in a safe "off site" and having Smith & Wesson as friends don't hurt either.
John1

Some pretty solid responses I am hearing! Like it!

As a concealed carry permit holder, I feel that that's great advice GrapeCollects! Especially since, if I understand correctly, you work in a coin shop, which puts you into a different category with regard to needing to protect yourself (awesome job, by the way).

What I hope everyone remembers though, is that a gun should not give you an increased sense of confidence or safety. It is no substitute for being aware of your environment and how you present yourself. If you're careful, you'll likely never need your gun.

Safe travels everyone!

Some of us would say:
"Carry a gun".

In Australia, I do not know of anyone who has a gun.
They are just too much bother. The gun has to be kept in a gun safe, the ammo stored separately, and the key secured. Or the gun won't be licensed, nor will the owner. Reviewed and inspected every two years. Authorities do psycho and criminal record checks.

The only people who have guns are the criminals.
They ignore all of the above.
Because of this, if I found out if anyone had a gun, I would feel obliged to report it to the police, to check their records.

Gun clubs are reasonably popular in Australia, but you need a separate license to shoot feral animals.
Feral pigs, foxes and cats are a major threat to Australian native wildlife.

I am glad I don't live in the more dangerous parts of the Middle East or South America.
If that were the case, I wouldn't collect coins.
Some would rather fake them instead.

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I do, however have a small hidden safe for my more valuable coins. My safe consists of 90 pounds of 1/4 plate steel, bolted to the floor in the bottom of a cupboard, and covered with a rather innocuous looking corrugated cardboard box. Indiscriminate junk tossed over the top of that.

A couple wise old sayings come to mind ....

"Discretion is the better part of valor" and "Loose lips sink ships"

You may tell your friends that you collect coins, but you don't need to tell them that you have an extensive collection of rare and valuable Double Eagle Gold Saints. Operational Security is very important. the more people you tell about your fabulous coin collection, the more people that know about your fabulous coin collection. That guy at the coin show seems like a really nice fellow collector. But, his method of collecting might be a little less legal than your method of collecting. Don't make yourself a target.

The best way to prevent anything from stolen from your house is
to not own anything valuable.

Not long after we were married, the things most near and dear to me was my wife and kids.
Now, sadly I am a widower, but my kids are all quite happily married, and I live alone.

I do, however have a moderately valuable coin collection.
That requires a far less level of care and protection than my wife and kids ever did.

A gun is certainly something I don't need.