Store camera gear or glass case for all to see?

We just added new cabinets in the house and the old ones I'm thinking about moving into my office to store my camera gear.  Just on the fence if this would be to overboard?

Dust nightmare?  

In a man cave yes.  

I tend to avoid placing anything valuable out in view of anyone who comes to visit that hasn't been a very close friend and someone that I have trusted for many years. They are kind-of like distant relatives that I know well and trust. 

A friend of ours living across town had a gun cabinet with glass doors in his living room and had is guns stored in it for many years. A contractor came to discuss work to be done outside the house and while there he saw the guns in the gun cabinet. The following week, when no one was at home, the house was broken into and the only things taken were the guns. Fortunately, my friend had recorded all of the models and serial numbers, so about a month later when they started getting pawned, the police knew where to go and picked him up. My friend got most, but not all, of his guns back and the contractor went to jail.

The pawn shops are supposed to record make and serial numbers of items as they are pawned, along with a clear description of each item, and these records are required to be sent to the police.  Unfortunately, pawned items only need to be kept for 30 days here, and then put on display for sale if the person who pawned them hasn't come back. Delays in reporting and display for sale can allow items to be sold before the police can stop the sale. My friend lost several items because the pawn brokers had sold them quickly. Once they are sold this way, recovery is not likely.

I keep my cameras and valuables out of the sight of similar visitors. Most of my closest friends don't even know what I have and where I keep things, and everything isn't kept in the same place. My studio is in my home and except for very rare occasions and very short periods, there is always some member of my family here in the house. My cameras are put away when I'm not using them, and they are not kept where someone would think to look for them, even if they had been in my studio and had seen them in use.
"Smash and grab" burglar tactics, like my friend's gun loss, won't work here. Only with an extensive search would they (maybe) find enough valuables to make their risk and effort worth doing.

I have close friend neighbors, one a retired police detective, and we watch after each other's homes and property for anything unusual. Visiting nurses come here for my ailing wife and also for my handicapped son, and if they drive a different car just one time, at least one of my neighbors checks in with me via text or phone to assure that the someone who has just arrived at my home, belongs here. I feel much safer here than anywhere else because of this. 

Manny Ortiz, a pro photographer and frequent poster on YouTube just posted recently that he had a burglary and lost $16,000 worth of cameras from his studio. You may want to find his Youtube post and watch the video to learn more about this.

Charley

Glass case can work if it's in your office.  Not in family space.  

CharleyL wrote: I tend to avoid placing anything valuable out in view of anyone who comes to visit that hasn't been a very close friend and someone that I have trusted for many years. They are kind-of like distant relatives that I know well and trust. 

A friend of ours living across town had a gun cabinet with glass doors in his living room and had is guns stored in it for many years. A contractor came to discuss work to be done outside the house and while there he saw the guns in the gun cabinet. The following week, when no one was at home MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE [63/98] ACPI States Codes , the house was broken into and the only things taken were the guns. Fortunately, my friend had recorded all of the models and serial numbers, so about a month later when they started getting pawned, the police knew where to go and picked him up. My friend got most, but not all, of his guns back and the contractor went to jail.

The pawn shops are supposed to record make and serial numbers of items as they are pawned, along with a clear description of each item, and these records are required to be sent to the police.  Unfortunately, pawned items only need to be kept for 30 days here, and then put on display for sale if the person who pawned them hasn't come back. Delays in reporting and display for sale can allow items to be sold before the police can stop the sale. My friend lost several items because the pawn brokers had sold them quickly. Once they are sold this way, recovery is not likely.

I keep my cameras and valuables out of the sight of similar visitors. Most of my closest friends don't even know what I have and where I keep things, and everything isn't kept in the same place. My studio is in my home and except for very rare occasions and very short periods, there is always some member of my family here in the house. My cameras are put away when I'm not using them, and they are not kept where someone would think to look for them, even if they had been in my studio and had seen them in use.
"Smash and grab" burglar tactics, like my friend's gun loss, won't work here. Only with an extensive search would they (maybe) find enough valuables to make their risk and effort worth doing.

I have close friend neighbors, one a retired police detective, and we watch after each other's homes and property for anything unusual. Visiting nurses come here for my ailing wife and also for my handicapped son, and if they drive a different car just one time, at least one of my neighbors checks in with me via text or phone to assure that the someone who has just arrived at my home, belongs here. I feel much safer here than anywhere else because of this. 

Manny Ortiz, a pro photographer and frequent poster on YouTube just posted recently that he had a burglary and lost $16,000 worth of cameras from his studio. You may want to find his Youtube post and watch the video to learn more about this.

Charley

Your recommendation of a storage system to keep lenses, camera bodies, etc? Honestly currently I just keep it in my bags because of how much high rotation it is, but I imagine there should be a better way to storage it.

I keep in my camera bag, why even deal with having to dust and keep clean. 

Not for me, I keep my gear in various camera bags when not in use.  

Going to use it for storage, don't want to toss this cabinet out