There aren't many people who can realistically make an expensive purchase and not care if that item is stolen or broken because replacing it would require funds not available. It can be a good strategy to employ a safe which wouldn't be accessible to a thief using simple lock picks or methods for opening the storage unit. There are many security options which require the owner to have access to an electronic type of key mechanism which would be very unlikely to be easily cracked by a thief unless he was in possession of advanced safe cracking materials.