| So you want a gun safe, but you don’t want to | | | | anything of inferior quality. They are looking for a top |
| pay a lot of money, you are basically looking for a | | | | quality safe for a good price. Is that possible? Can |
| cheap gun safe. But what does the word | | | | you find a quality gun safe for cheap? Or do you |
| “cheap” mean. It has quite a variety of | | | | sacrifice quality for price? |
| definitions, some meaning virtually the opposite of | | | | I believe that you can get a quality cheap gun safe, |
| other definitions. Lets take a look at the meanings of | | | | and since safes are rated, you can be guaranteed a |
| cheap. | | | | certain amount of protection. Safes are rated |
| In the dictionary that came with my computer, cheap | | | | according to how hot of a fire it can withstand and |
| as an adjective can mean: | | | | for how long. Most brands of safes are tested by |
| - (an item for sale) low in price; worth more than it | | | | the independent Underwriters Laboratory (UL). One |
| cost: they bought some cheap fruit / local buses | | | | very important thing to realize when you are |
| were reliable and cheap. | | | | shopping for a gun safe is that you want a safe that |
| - (if prices or other charges) low: my rent was pretty | | | | is “UL Listed”. This means that the product |
| cheap | | | | has actually passed a UL test. If a product is labeled |
| - charging low prices: a cheap restaurant. | | | | “Tested to UL Standards” that means that |
| - inexpensive because of inferior quality: cheap, | | | | the product has been submitted for testing, but does |
| soddy goods. | | | | not mean that it passed the test. Fire Safes are |
| - informal, miserly; stingy: she’s too cheap to | | | | subjected to fire by UL for various lengths of times |
| send me a postcard. | | | | and at different temperatures. In order for a safe to |
| - of little worth because achieved in a discreditable | | | | earn a UL classification, items stored inside must |
| way requiring little effort: her moment of cheap | | | | remain completely undamaged. So, if you find a |
| triumph. | | | | cheap gun safe labeled “Tested to UL |
| - deserving of contempt: a cheap trick | | | | Standards” , then it is cheap in a negative way. |
| The word originated in the late 15th century from on | | | | But if it is cheap and is labeled “UL Listed”, |
| obsolete phrase ‘good cheap’ meaning | | | | then it is cheap in a positive way. |
| ‘a good bargain’, the word was from Old | | | | Of course, you can get a cheap - inexpensive |
| English cap (bargaining, trade) which is based on Latin | | | | because of inferior quality - form of security for your |
| capo meaning ‘small trader, innkeeper’. | | | | guns in another way. It is called a lock box, filing |
| In modern society, cheap can have a positive | | | | cabinet or locker. Those may be quality items for |
| connotation which means getting something for a low | | | | their intended use, but are inferior when it comes to |
| price that is worth more than it costs. It can also | | | | securing your guns. Your firearms should be kept |
| have a negative connotation meaning that something | | | | somewhere that is hard to rob, and where your guns |
| is of little worth, or is inexpensive because of inferior | | | | are also kept safe from hazards such as fire. So go |
| quality. | | | | ahead and search for a cheap gun safe, now you |
| Now, when someone does a google search for a | | | | know how to make sure you find a cheap gun safe |
| ‘cheap gun safe’, they are not looking for | | | | that can properly secure your fire arms. |