long gun storage confirmation
- Thread starter bigrevolver
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That sounded snooty and extreme to me... ...until I realised I do, too.
My guns are locked inside gun cabinets that are bolted to the floor, inside a locked steel folding-door closet, which is in a locked room. The restricteds are further trigger locked.
The whole idea is to make them bloody inconvenient to walk off with. I'm not inconvenienced because all my trigger locks are identically keyed. The doors locks as well. Both keys are permanently on my key chain and totally handy. The cabinet keys, though, are well secured.
Guns that are stored to the guidelines provided by the RCMP are safe from unauthorised use. As trebor2880 correctly pointed out, preventing theft and accidental or environmental damage to your guns are important considerations. Not all of us have the same needs, either. The youngest person in my household is 20. I don't have to worry about children getting their hands on guns. My target shells are at great risk of walking off, though.
In some situations/neighborhoods the best security is to keep your mouth shut. In other words, talking about your guns anonymously in a forum is much safer than doing the same thing within earshot of the neighborhood teenagers. No offense to most teenagers, but property theft is more common in that demographic. Us older folk tend more to fraud, embezzlement, and stuff you can do from your chair.
Look first at your personal risk factors, then decide on appropriate storage. A few common risk factors:
- children in home
- lots of people coming and going
- residents or friends with mental health issues or suicidal tendencies
- people with financial problems
- vindictive spouses
- proximity to flood zones
- value of gun(s)
- purpose of gun (ie. hunting or home defense?)
- humidity and/or direct sunlight
- people with short fuses
- locations where nobody is home for extended periods
- high risk property crime neighborhoods
...you get the idea.
I have recently purchased more NR firearms than i have room for in my gun cabinet. So, the ones that are not in the cabinet are trigger locked and kept in a different part of the house. ALL of my ammunition is stored in lockable containers. There is not a single loose round in my house. This all satisfies the requirements by law.
As long as the NR is either locked up or inoperable with a cable lock or trigger lock it is ok. Ammo should be locked up as well.
As long as the NR is either locked up or inoperable with a cable lock or trigger lock it is ok. Ammo should be locked up as well.
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This! I've been catching flak lately for posting on Facebook (private with only friends and family, I'm not the Facebook guy that adds everyone they meet, photos of guns or gun related stuff, as well as folding knives and camping knives etc, and some people have given me crap. Been told "why are you obsessed with things that kill people" our asked if I have violent tendencies or if I see a problem with any of my hobbies.
My response has been "I don't have an obsession with things that kill people my tools/sporting equipment has never done any person any harm except for cutting myself on occasion if I'm not being careful enough when sharpening", and "no, no violent tendencies. I do however enjoy sports. But wait, you have a car, hammer in your garage, and knives in the kitchen. Do you have violent tendencies?" And "no I see no problem, do you see a problem with yours?"
followed by more posts with even more beautiful items!I'm officially done trying to hide who I am (no I'm not ### and coming out....just a gun owner trying to be out)!
