Gun Cabinet Sufficient to Satisfy RCMP Storing Restricted Firearms Guidelines

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Hi fellow gunnutz,

I'm very new to gun ownership and have recently acquired my first restricted firearm and I wanted to be sure what I have for storage satisfies the regulations before it arrives by mail or I will get something stronger. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/stack-on-8-gun-cabinet-0755676p.html#srp

Thanks,

From NCPI:confused:
 
That will do fine. Even just storing the restricted in your transportation case (locked box and trigger lock) is enough.
Make yourself happy with how you are storing your firearm. Prevent anyone else in your household from be able to get at
your firearm and you have done enough. Safes are for delaying theft by intruders (or fire damage).
 
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recently acquired my first restricted firearm and I wanted to be sure what I have for storage satisfies the regulations
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Yes Your Honour I checked with the internet. They said it was OK.

The regulations are broad, and were written that way before the law was passed. Not everyone could predict what kind of lockable container would be available. The theory (and I don't earn my living on legal advice) is that the container must be opaque so the contents are not apparent. Secondly, the walls and doors must be sufficiently strong to resist entry. There hasn't been much case law on how much resistance is enough. Finally, you need to prevent unauthorized access, so drunk Uncle Bob can't find the keys and show his other drunken party friends what kind of guns you've got in there while you are making a beer run at the 2nd Intermission.

What works? The most common gun cabinet is just like the one you linked. Some combinations of trigger locks, disassembly and additional locks are a matter of you, your conscience and the latest storage advice the feds publish.
 
Legally it should be fine, but they charged some guy with a basement vault with unsafe storage after some crooks spent a few days breaking into it. Hopefully someone here will link the story, I can't remember the province or the dudes name at the moment. It seems like the RCMP likes to file charges and then see what sticks. Join one of the advocacy groups (CSSR, CFSA) and get the legal defence insurance, just in case.
 
You are fine. Storage laws were never about thief prevention but to keep nosy relatives and curious children from accessing your firearms. Throw a trigger lock on the restricted if you feel you must. Having said that.....
dannyhavok said:
It seems like the RCMP likes to file charges and then see what sticks. Join one of the advocacy groups (CSSR, CFSA) and get the legal defence insurance, just in case.
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dannyhavok said:
Legally it should be fine, but they charged some guy with a basement vault with unsafe storage after some crooks spent a few days breaking into it. Hopefully someone here will link the story, I can't remember the province or the dudes name at the moment. It seems like the RCMP likes to file charges and then see what sticks. Join one of the advocacy groups (CSSR, CFSA) and get the legal defence insurance, just in case.
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I remember this story too. Unfortunately, given enough time, tools, and determination anything can be broken into, even bank vaults. Hopefully RangeBob in 3...2...1...:d
 
When we arrived in Canada our first gun safe was a lockable red Crappy Tire tool box when we bought our first Canadian handgun (Ruger Gov't model .22LR pistol) .
A converted school locker after that and then when our arsenal expanded a full fledged Browning safe that weighed hundreds of pounds.
Now that we have whittled down to 5 non-restricted firearms between the 2 of us we have one of those 10 gun lockable cabinets you can buy at Costco, WalMart or Crappy Tire for less than a couple of hundred bucks.
 
dannyhavok said:
Legally it should be fine, but they charged some guy with a basement vault with unsafe storage after some crooks spent a few days breaking into it. Hopefully someone here will link the story, I can't remember the province or the dudes name at the moment. It seems like the RCMP likes to file charges and then see what sticks. Join one of the advocacy groups (CSSR, CFSA) and get the legal defence insurance, just in case.
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Sure they did, internet stories and folklore,
 
Thanks ProX2, for that judicial decision ^^ it makes clear alot of things that I had been wondering about.

The fellow in question had his guns in steel CABINETS not what we all would call SAFES, but even so, the judge did accept them as SAFES.
There was no VAULT room, just a locked bedroom door.
The main guns in question were prohibited full autos that were being stored together with their bolts and thus the police wanted a decision.

So then, use those light metal cabinets with confidence.
 
If you anticipate proactive anti gun persecution and prosecution actions against gun owners on the part of the anti gun Canadian legal system you can save yourselves heartache, stress and thousands of dollars in legal bills.
We bought a half dozen trigger locks (and cables for the lever actions) at Ellwood Epps store this summer and put them on the 5 non restricted guns we have stored in that flimsy crappy tire gun cabinet a muscular kid could open in 5 minutes with a claw hammer.
Cheaper than paying burlew or friedman 2 years of our cpp.
 
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