The fundamental problem with California’s concept of the firearms safety device is that lawmakers were attempting to devise a single comprehensive testing process to evaluate too many different kinds of products, including gun locks, lock boxes, gun cabinets, wall safes, and other items.
Not one of them has had the appropriate label inside indicating that they are UL 1037 Section 54 Residential Security Containers. Not one of the lock boxes I’ve examined has met the standards of a UL listed RSC. A lock box can “fully contain firearms and provide for their secure storage.” But UL testing of a Residential Security Container (RSC) is more forceful than the testing performed by California’s Certified FSD Laboratories, and UL listed RSCs are tested by technicians who test products professionally, unlike the non-expert testers required by California law to examine FSDs. However, a gun safe is acceptable if it satisfies the requirements of the alternative: “(b) A gun safe that is able to fully contain firearms and provide for their secure storage, and is certified to/listed as meeting Underwriters Laboratories Residential Security Container rating standards by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).”Īt first glance, this alternative standard seems to describe a lock box. The devices lack most of the required attributes, like having three separate 1/2-inch diameter locking bolts. None of the lock boxes I’ve examined meet the standards of part (a). The standards are divided into two parts-part (a), which describes material and construction standards, and part (b), an alternative standard. California’s Gun Safe Standards comprise Section 4100 of Chapter 6.
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