Abstract: A system for accessibly storing firearms in a safe includes a drawer configuration that permits the entire contents of the safe to be accessed by pulling the drawer away from the safe enclosure and accessing the firearms from the side(s) of the opened drawer. A rod storage system permits substantially vertical storage of firearms stored in the drawer by using a flanged top cap resting on top of a top rack that is connected to a guide rod inserted through an aperture in the top rack and into the bore of the barrel of a long gun. A handgun storage system is also disclosed, where lateral guide rods are disposed between vertical guide rod sections connected to a flanged top cap that rests on top of the top rack so that the lateral guide rods may be inserted into the barrels of handguns stored normal to the vertical guide rod(s).