Interpretation of Canadian Storage Laws

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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;

So, I can either have a Pelican Hard Case or Condor Soft Case locked on the zipper with some pad locks and all my restricted firearms inside the cases also locked with a trigger lock hidden underneath my bed that can't be seen...cool or not cool?
 
alpha niner said:
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;

So, I can either have a Pelican Hard Case or Condor Soft Case locked on the zipper with some pad locks and all my restricted firearms inside the cases also locked with a trigger lock hidden underneath my bed that can't be seen...cool or not cool?
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I would store trigger locked and in locked pelican hard case. Why bother with the soft case for storage?
 
alpha niner said:
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;

So, I can either have a Pelican Hard Case or Condor Soft Case locked on the zipper with some pad locks and all my restricted firearms inside the cases also locked with a trigger lock hidden underneath my bed that can't be seen...cool or not cool?
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Just my take, but I think a soft case is going to cause you some problems.
 
There are lot's of people here who store their guns in soft cases!

This argument was hashed out a few weeks ago.

A typical hard plastic case is just as easy to break into as a soft case.

Pelican cases are overboard if you ask me.
 
I'm not a fan of storing expensive firearms sandwiched between two pieces of moisture absorbing foam...if you get my drift. Firearms prefer to breathe.

Even a cheap Stack-On cabinet is better than long term storage in an airtight case.
 
i gotta figure out the best way to store them in a bachelor apartment that won't hurt my wallet...pelican cases are pretty up there. For the price of 1 case I can get almost 3 soft cases in return.

kps1911 said:
I'm not a fan of storing expensive firearms sandwiched between two pieces of moisture absorbing foam...if you get my drift. Firearms prefer to breathe.

Even a cheap Stack-On cabinet is better than long term storage in an airtight case.
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That airtight thought never came to mind...

SO, soft cases inside a bachelor apartment closet with a padlock on the door along with a doorknob lock on it, cool or ain't cool?
 
alpha niner said:
SO, soft cases inside a bachelor apartment closet with a padlock on the door along with a doorknob lock on it, cool or ain't cool?
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Technically? You should be fine with that. Realistically? Being domiciled in Ontario I'd get something more acceptable by those that could cause you grief and lawyer's fees.

A $90 Stack-On pistol cabinet and trigger locks on the handguns is all you need to be 100% legal with the powers that be.
 
"...way to store them in a bachelor apartment..." A trigger lock in a locked closet will do. A small steel cabinet like a school locker is better. Go to a used office furniture shop. Look in the Yellow Pages. There is or used to be a Crown Assets Disposal in Mississauga too. Don't know if it's still there.
Like kps1911 says, cases attract moisture.
 
alpha niner said:
So...can a steel storage cabinets from like Staples...knock out all the shelves inside...work as the "appropriate" storage idea?
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Provided you securely attach a padlock to it, a steel "box" of any sort will be far superior to a soft case as far as the Law is concerned. Fire Proof, etc.. is really up to you.

You would still need a trigger lock as well though as a "filing cabinet" won't qualify as a "vault, safe or room that has been specifically constructed or modified for the secure storage of restricted firearms".

A soft case needs only a knife to open - and you don't even need a knife, a good tug in the right direction and the Zipper itself will fail. Not exactly what i would describe as "constructed so that it cannot readily be broken open or into".
 
This may be a poor interpritation, but isn't a bachalor apt a room that is securly locked, and not easily broken into? technically you can leave them anywhere in that room as long as they're trigger locked and unloaded. No need for a case at all. It does say a container, recepticle OR room, not container, recepticle IN a room.
 
wylecoyote said:
This may be a poor interpritation, but isn't a bachalor apt a room that is securly locked, and not easily broken into? technically you can leave them anywhere in that room as long as they're trigger locked and unloaded. No need for a case at all. It does say a container, recepticle OR room, not container, recepticle IN a room.
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The idea that a house/apt is considered a safe room has come up before. I believe there was a judgement that it was not safe storage in itself.


(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
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Ya, I do what my firearms instructor suggested, and go to the extreme safe storage. Locked in a locked box in a locked closet in a locked room in a locked house, with a gps locator in the box. But thats just me. Theres alot of OR's in that wording.
 
I should've waited on the purchase and read this thread and posts before I spent two grand on a Browning safe ... It just worries the heck out of me if my loved ones were ever stolen or removed from the household unwantingly!! I live rural and away from home a fair bit and this is my biggest fear for a few reasons!! Did I go overboard??
 
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