Gun safe questions

[DougT]

Hi everyone,

George, Pete, Rick, Howard and Ed--thank you for your comments. I hope to get a few more before I make my decision. Rick, I too am getting "wordy" in my old age--I kind of enjoy it! I live in Southern California, where I believe that the humidity concern is at a minimum. Is a safe with "fire resistance/fire rating" really that much more desirable than one without? I'm not trying to pinch penneys, but I have noticed that the safes offering fire resistance are more expensive. I hadn't considered multiple, smaller safes like Pete suggested, but that may be a excellent option for me. And Howard, are you serious that the safe needs to be "California approved?"

A quick, funny story: My wife and I moved into our home about a year ago. We bought made to order garage cabinets, and designed them around the large items we knew would be located in the garage. When I finished bolting my inexpensive gun security cabinet to the garage floor, I stood back to admire my work and suddenly realized that I had located it right next to my 4-stack roll away tool chest. Every tool any thief would need to break into my security cabinet was conveniently located right next to it--am I smart or what?

DougT