UL's precision team gets 15 minutes to two hours to open a safe, creating an opening as little as two inches through which a burglar could fish out a small envelope or punch through a 96-square-inch hole needed to successfully pilfer a vault. The top standards are established by Underwriters Laboratory (UL), the largest testing organization of its kind in the USA. To understand the degree of protection offered by a RSC or safe, one has to refer to the standards and ratings used in the industry. For example, Sam's Club offers a Winchester-brand RSC, pictured below, rated to hold 24 guns, for only $623. One large enough to hold a couple of dozen long guns can cost anywhere from $4,000 upwards, whereas a RSC holding the same number of guns can be bought for well under $1,000.
Of course, they're also much more affordable! A true safe is a very expensive purchase. RSC's are very much less expensive than a true 'safe', weigh much less, and offer a considerably lower degree of protection. It's classified as a Residential Security Container, or RSC. The first thing to understand is that all safes are not created equal! The average 'gun safe', as sold by most stores, isn't a 'safe' at all. I spent a while talking with him about what's involved, and I thought readers might be interested as well, since many of us are also gun owners. All gun safes are not created equal, and his choice needs to be carefully thought through. I had to cool him down, and tell him to wait a little while. My friend got hold of me today, swearing to buy a gun safe at once, if not sooner. He went to his house, and found ten of the twelve guns in his room (he'd already sold two in exchange for drugs). His daughter admitted inviting her 'friend', and the cop immediately recognized his name as someone who'd had a few run-ins with the law in the past. Very fortunately, the cop who answered the father's 911 call knew enough to ask whether any new visitors had been in the house over the previous week. He broke in, and got away with a dozen firearms. He looked around while he was there, and came back over the weekend, when he knew that the family would be out. The friend turned out to be not very trustworthy. One of his teenage children invited a friend to come home with her after school to play a computer game. I've urged him in the past to get a gun safe (or two) to store them, as they're very desirable items for thieves: but he's always refused, pointing out that for the price of the average gun safe, he can get two more guns! I had a conversation today with a friend who's got a fairly large collection of firearms. After you've read this, please read the update as well for more information.) (EDITED TO ADD: I've written an update to this article, answering several questions e-mailed to me by readers.
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