Gun Safes

Gun safe qualify as RSC or UL-TL should have a few important properties:

• Have minimum 10 gauge steel layer (0.128″ or 3.2mm)
• Door place thickness has to be even deeper, at least 0.25”
• To stop burglars from penetrate your safe with a simple tools the walls and the door have to have composite structure (have layers of a few different materials)
• The safe has to be heavy, at least 300 lb (140 kg) in order to be hard to move
• It has to have floor mounting option to be impossible to dislocate without special tools

Guns are falling into “Restricted” or “Prohibited” weapon categories must be both trigger locks and locked in a larger container that is highly difficult to break in, or else locked in a “vault, safe or room that was built or modified specifically to store firearms safely.”

There are various laws in different state with at least on (Massachusetts) require guns to be locked all time; However each state has its own restrictions for household with minors, in many cases gun owners have criminal liability if a child “is likely to” or “may” gain access to a firearm.

Typically fire rated safe can protect weapons for at least one hour of 350-450 F (177-232 C).

• Note that many low quality safes which pass fireproof test might be damaged by house wall collapse or level fall down. Low quality safe could crack-open in such case and expose contents to the high temperature