Handgun Storage

easyrider604 said:
Pray tell, what are safe storage laws about?
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Consider this: If a gun is in a safe or cabinet it is "safe" after being locked in (regardless of whether it is trigger locked it can't hurt anybody). If a gun is in a safe or cabinet which is locked it is not more "thief proof" if it has a trigger lock. If the safe or cabinet is pried open and the gun is stolen any criminal can remove a trigger lock given enough time in their garage.

So although the safe storage laws started with safety and theft protection....at some point the "point" was lost. IMO a gun is fully "safe" if it is in a safe or cabinet OR trigger locked. It is as thief proof as you can get if it is in a safe.
 
stevebc said:
I noted that as well. Brybenn, this can be a big mistake, as foam often holds moisture. Leave your pistol in such a case long enough, and you may open it one day to find a bright orange handgun.
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Been years I've never had a spec of rust on any of my handguns. They're only shot inside and my gun room is climate controlled and they're well cleaned before getting put away. Several have been stored for over 2 years with no ill effects
 
easyrider604 said:
Pray tell, what are safe storage laws about?
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To my understanding, the original intent of storage laws was to prevent quick access (heat of the moment) and to keep your curious children and/or noisy relatives from unauthorized operation of your firearms. The fact one can store a long gun in the bedroom closet with nothing more than a trigger lock, cable lock or bolt removed demonstrates that storage laws were not about theft prevention. The powers deemed that handguns be made a little more difficult to access but again not about theft prevention. Nowhere in the law does it state steps must be taken to prevent theft.

The fact that people can and do go above and beyond is not a bad idea but the law does not require a heavy, fireproof safe bolted to a concrete floor. But if that what it takes for you to sleep better at night, fill your boots. Also, people with large and/or valuable collections would naturally take extra steps to protect their assets. Nothing wrong in that.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-209/page-1.html#h-3
 
Good explanation, Stonehorse. Thanks.

As well your link confirms what I been reading. That one can store an unloaded handgun, w/o trigger lock or other locking device, together with ammo, inside a proper safe.
 
4n2t0 said:
The RCMP link means squat, here's the proper link:

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-11.6/

*The storage regulation link is at the bottom.
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Actually THIS is the proper link to the section of the Act in question and what i said above still stands, as long as its in a locked safe you can store ammo with it.

quoted from the Act

Storage of Restricted Firearms

6 An individual may store a restricted firearm only if

(a) it is unloaded;

(b) it is

(i) rendered inoperable by means of a secure locking device and stored in a container, receptacle or room that is kept securely locked and that is constructed so that it cannot readily be broken open or into, or

(ii) stored in a vault, safe or room that has been specifically constructed or modified for the secure storage of restricted firearms and that is kept securely locked; and

(c) it is not readily accessible to ammunition, unless the ammunition is stored, together with or separately from the firearm, in

(i) a container or receptacle that is kept securely locked and that is constructed so that it cannot readily be broken open or into, or

(ii) a vault, safe or room that has been specifically constructed or modified for the secure storage of restricted firearms and that is kept securely locked.
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and the section of the Act we are talking about.
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Firearms Act section 6 specifically (c) of that section.
 
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