After all the help I got on my first thread, I now have a home defense AR I'm really happy with and confident in. And given all the craziness going on, I'm leaning on it a bit more as a primary HD option instead of a "if I have time to get to it" alternative to my pistol. For now, this means getting it in and out of the safe every day. I'd like to continue staging it for HD, for all the reasons a rifle beats a pistol in that role, but the constant in and out of safe routine isn't something I'm thrilled about having to do every day down the road.
I've read all the threads I could find here on staging long guns for quick access. I really like the idea of using bicycle hooks to keep it above a door inside a closet, at least until we have kids and they're climbing size, but for now I'm stuck with a walk in closet with a bathroom on the other side of it. Pest control is in there routinely, and when you're walking back out, anything above the door would be plainly visible. So that's not a great option in our current place. In the closet, my best solution for hiding it would be behind suits or something.
So my question is, do any current or former apartment dwellers have solutions for keeping a long gun handy while either hiding or securing it sufficiently to prevent tampering? I recognize no solution is likely to stop a determined thief. My main concern is reasonably preventing an unauthorized person getting quick access to a loaded gun while in my apartment.
I do recognize the irony of joining Pistol Forum and immediately asking a bunch of rifle questions. Rifle just happens to be where I have the most work to do now, after years of focusing on getting pistol skills and gear to an acceptable state. Just wait until I break down and buy a shotgun someday...