Being a gun nut is like being beautiful; its in the eye of the beholder. +1 on a bolting a safe to the firm structure of your house. Just remember you spent X amount of cashola on your firearms so dont cheap out on your safe. Fire rating is one thing when the house is just getting hot; you must also consider the weight of what is above your safe falling on it and busting it open then making your fire rating useless. You want a strong heavy safe thats is 10 gauge or stronger steel. Do a few searches for safe buying tips and you will find some very honest advice but it leads to an expensive safe. One thing I found out from these tips is that the 12 gauge steel safes can be busted into with a fireman's axe.