I currently have a walk in closet in my bedroom that I have a Gunsafe in. As well in the walk in closet I have shelves in the closet which I store my ammunition. Is this in compliance with ammunition storage regs? One fellow at work told me I need to store ammo in a locked container just like I would guns. That seemed excessive to me since my guns are already locked up in a big heavy safe. Any info would be apppreciated.
Ammunition storage quesiton
- Thread starter mrsmitty
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well I am 99% sure this is correct but because your guns are locked up in a lockable cabinet you can store your ammo in it to as long as the guns obv are not loaded......you might have to trigger lock em to make that okay but its a good idea to do it anyways.
I think your compliant, the firearms act specifies ammo must be stored separately from the guns (unless in a safe). Your guns and ammo are separated by a safe. I don't think there is any CC violations for careless storage of ammo either, since it is inside a locked house.
Although the F.A. specifies a minimum standard for storage, its just that......a minimum. Depending on the circumstances - kids/others having access, frequency of break-ins in the area, etc, police may find you are not taking reasonable precaution for the safety of others and charge you under C.C. s86(1):
Careless use of firearm, etc.
86. (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, uses, carries, handles, ships, transports or stores a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition in a careless manner or without reasonable precautions for the safety of other persons.
Since I have kids and they have friends running in and out of the house, I keep my ammunition locked up either separately or together with my unloaded, trigger-locked firearms in my gun safe. I significantly exceed the minimum standard so there is no question as to reasonable precaution. I live in Ontario too.
I would expect that, in the province of Alberta, reasonable precaution would be meeting the minimum standard - you did something as opposed to nothing. Thats the way it should be. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Careless use of firearm, etc.
86. (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, uses, carries, handles, ships, transports or stores a firearm, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device or any ammunition or prohibited ammunition in a careless manner or without reasonable precautions for the safety of other persons.
Since I have kids and they have friends running in and out of the house, I keep my ammunition locked up either separately or together with my unloaded, trigger-locked firearms in my gun safe. I significantly exceed the minimum standard so there is no question as to reasonable precaution. I live in Ontario too.
I would expect that, in the province of Alberta, reasonable precaution would be meeting the minimum standard - you did something as opposed to nothing. Thats the way it should be. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Good point Promac
My home is also over run with kids sometimes and my safe and ammo are in a closet in the basement where they often congregate. I keep my ammo next to my safe in a metal box with a combination lock on it. I prefer combination locks over keyed locks because a key can be found, lost, misplaced, left hanging around, etc., etc.,. But the combinations are in my head and therefore I am the only one that can get in my safe or ammo box.
It may sound a little anal and things may change when the kids are all grown up and gone, but for now I feel safer doing it this way.
Regards
Robert
This is a very good point.
My home is also over run with kids sometimes and my safe and ammo are in a closet in the basement where they often congregate. I keep my ammo next to my safe in a metal box with a combination lock on it. I prefer combination locks over keyed locks because a key can be found, lost, misplaced, left hanging around, etc., etc.,. But the combinations are in my head and therefore I am the only one that can get in my safe or ammo box.
It may sound a little anal and things may change when the kids are all grown up and gone, but for now I feel safer doing it this way.
Regards
Robert
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blasted_saber
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If its just a light closet door, it will likely take a thief about 5 seconds to get through it, lock or not. In the eyes of the law, your already legal.
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- Smithers, B.C.
I just go paranoid and trigger lock my guns, in a safe, with all my ammo in a locked toolbox.
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Lol... isn't there a canadian law about having more that 10,000 rifle rounds considered building an arsenal?
you are well within the parameters of the regs....but if you get to to the point that someone is looking at your setup .....no matter how rocksolid it is....they will probably charge you...I've seen it happen....it is not about safety or the regs..... it is about justifying thier existence....whether it is the cfo or the police.....then you will have to decide whether to fold or to fight.....costly either way.....good luck!!!
This is always the safe approach. There are so many people, with authority, who think they know the laws and you can't tell them otherwise. Trigger locks and security cabinets are really not all that expensive and it'll save you a whole lot of trouble if somebody ignorant ever comes your way. I've got trigger locks on every firearm I own and all my ammunition is stored in Stack-On security cabinets (the Cdn Tire kind).
