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With young children in the house, storage, etc. -

Teach them as early as possible to be responsible with arms. Your wife is the most important person in this. Arms are not toys, and are never to be played with. Tell them this early and often, and mean it. When there is "gun violence" in TV or movie drama, point out that those TV show makers are playing with guns, recording what they are doing, and putting that on the TV. This is wrong, and immoral.

I suggest that firearms are usually not really needed for instant use, and can be stored with every cartridge locked up. If this isn't enough, remove the bolt and lock it up also. A bolt rifle can have the bolt back in in five seconds. If you think you should lock up ammunition and gun parts, keep the key on a chain around your neck. In your pockets is not secure. (If these measures are needed you have real trouble.) An inexpensive locker from a mass market store can be used for gun storage also, and will stop some criminals, since it cannot be opened without tools. Fasten the locker to the wall and floor securely, and inside a closet.

Gun safes are heavy and expensive, and can all be opened with a cutting torch. (Torch and thermal lance resistant safes are quite expensive. Think new car prices.) Many gun safes have sheet steel sides, back, bottom, and top, and can be opened with a circular or Sawzall type saw, or even a hammer and chisel.