I started reading this and was nodding yes and agreeing with what you said. I'm even OK with the safe requirements, I really am. I think a gun owner is utterly responsible whether the gun is in his/her hands or not.
But that is just ridiculous. The safe is a disposable? Doesn't make any sense at all. For any reason. There really should be a mechanism that would allow Faith to access your guns in case of your death. Even if she had to have the proper authority there.
I have a gun safe that is bolted through the floor, but I have the combination written and stashed AND tucked in a safe spot in my computer. My brother knows and I've left instructions for him as to what is where. Nobody that breaks in will be able to find any of it because it's coded and you have to know the key. My stuff is safe as it can be.
My buddy Rogers said that after Vietnam there were too many officers vying for too few jobs and the only way to advance their careers was to propose regulations. He wasn't very fond of the 10 years after the war...
Looks to me like your state had some regulations that could have been done way better.
Legit ✅
Essentially it's a disposable safe, at least in respect of the scenario I mention. Some effort would be made to open the safe without damage but in truth that will rarely happen. It seems common sense takes a supporting role to time-management. SAPOLFB (Firearms Branch SA Police) don't really give a rats ass what happens, they just see it as guns taken off the street and I'd even wager that very little compassion would be shown towards the deceased spouse or family.
I have a few little triggers in place, none of which include giving my codes to ANYONE mind you...But should I die my brother will know how to follow the path, who to get in contact with, even from Finland, and will be able to facilitate it, along with my crypto stuff, on Faith's behalf. If Faith and I both go out together we won't care. My executor, my sister, will have to deal with it.
I think what you have in place is legitimate and I would guess that many here have a similar thing, not that they would admit to it. There was some talk about a register for such information but it was immediately rejected as no one was willing to hand details to others, people they don't know.
Remember last year in October when two of my friends (husband and wife) turned their handguns on themselves in a double suicide? They lay there, deceased in an open house with their safe open and other guns in there...Not a good situation. Two of my friends, both ex-funeral directors and current firearms owners were charged, by the police, with dealing with the firearms situation and attended the scene to recover them. Sense prevailed there.