Safe firearms storage program

[jim97701]

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office rolls out safe firearms storage program - KTVZ

The Deschutes County Sheriffs Office launched Wednesday a firearms safe storage program that will allow residents to temporarily, safely store their weapons with the agency, for free.

ktvz.com

What are your thoughts on this?.

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[North Plains]

On the surface it sounds good. But it could very easily be abused by law enforcement. Just my two cents.

 

[JustSomeGuy]

"Here Mr. Wolf. Please hold onto my chickens for me until I want them back..."

Uhhhhh....no.

 

[Medic!]

Think I'll place an add for the same service?
I could make some space.


Oh wait. It's not legal for me to do the same thing.
Guess I can't help a friends keep guns safe temporarily.

 

[belshawelk]

Any of you guys want to store my guns? Youll give them right back right?

 

[madmax]

Ever last one will be dry fired

 

[Medic!]

Any of you guys want to store my guns? Youll give them right back right?

Thats funny.

No. I won't.


But seriously. The days of bringing your guns to a good friends to watch over are gone.
Do that and you break the law with an illegal weapons transfer.

But don't worry. The State will take care of you.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Some folks may like this program or use it...
Not for me thanks.

I too miss the days when I could legally store a friends firearms in my safe.
I have done this in the past when :
A young couple had a child and they wanted a safe , to store their guns...I stored their firearms until they bought a safe...
When a friend went out of town , I have stored his firearms in my safe...
Can't legally do that anymore...even though it is the right and safe thing to do.

To turn in and trust the government with your firearms , seems to me at least...
Committing an action that goes against everything the 2nd Amendment stands for.
After all ain't that what the English Army marched on to Lexington and Concord for on April 19th 1775...
To "secure and store"...Okay , maybe the actual term was confiscate , privately held Arms...?

If I have to ask permission from a government official for access to my firearms...
Then just where is my "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms...?
Andy

 

[Bam]

I would bury my guns in the woods, before handing them over to leos.

 

[MannyGlocks]

Aw c'mon, they're just showing they have a sense of humor....

 

[jim97701]

I personally think it is a load of B.S. i was hoping the sheriffs were the ones we could count on our side to help enforce our 2nd amendment rights. This crap seems like a backdoor registration and control program. In times of civil unrest when you would need your weapons most they could deny you access to your own property. Nothing good will come of programs like this!!.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

I'd love a private solution here locally. Nothing like going on vacation for a few weeks and worrying the whole time that no one breaks in to your safe while you're gone. Here's one example:

GunSitters® | Secure Firearm Storage | Storage for your firearms for any needs

GunSitters® is a secure storage facility designed to store firearms for responsible gun owners.

www.gunsitters.com

 

[jim97701]

I'd love a private solution here locally. Nothing like going on vacation for a few weeks and worrying the whole time that no one breaks in to your safe while you're gone. Here's one example:

GunSitters® | Secure Firearm Storage | Storage for your firearms for any needs

GunSitters® is a secure storage facility designed to store firearms for responsible gun owners.

www.gunsitters.com

something like that being a privately owned business is a much different thing. They would not have the authority to deny you your property when you wanted to retrieve it and they wouldn't be able to develop a quiet data base of what you own.

 

[Member 52301]

I would NOT use their service for 1 rifle!

I would NOT have used their service for what I used to own in the past when I used to own far MORE handguns and rifles. (My former handguns and former rifles.)

I would not use their service for the knives, axes and 'hawks that I still own, carry and USE.

My MT husband did have to help his old, sick, dear friend and his wife (A lawyer.) with holding his firearms for a time frame. His dear friend is dead now. WE miss him to this day!

His friend's wife (Nice lady, a friend and a good lawyer.) asked for my husband's help (Emergency situation!) several years ago and my husband told her that the only way that he would legally HOLD his old friend's guns for him while he was under medical care was with a LEGAL document signed by them and by not holding us responsible for a nick or a scratch or for any other issue.

We told THEM that we did not have room in our 2 locked gun cabinets at the time, true, but we would hold those guns for them in a den/gun room with a locked door. Plus we keep our front and back doors locked too.

She asked my husband and her stepson (His friend's son.) to do this together and they had a heck of a job. The ammo and reloading stuff went to the stepson's home to store. The knives went to the stepson's home to store. The guns were signed off, dated, with complete serial numbers and types of guns BEFORE my husband and I were willing to HOLD THEM for both of them (Husband and wife.) so NO one could come back on my husband or me for holding them on a temp basis which turned out to be SEVERAL MONTHS long (SIX or MORE months? CRS now! Close to one year?!) before I or WE insisted that they make a FINAL DECISION since they were wrapped up and stored on one entire side/one wall side of my DEN/GUN ROOM FLOOR.

The house is in my name, I built it, even though my husband gets it ALL when I die (Vice versa.) and I did NOT want any relative or person to come in and accuse me of storing guns for that LONG of a time even with all of the LEGAL and honest paper documents involved.

I was TIRED of not being able to use that side of the den and my husband was tired of it too. We were VERY careful not to walk anywhere NEAR the pile of guns and we needed the ROOM there.

I felt that we went above and beyond the call of duty and KINDNESS too. So they were picked up and signed off and returned to their home. I think that they had a safe too.

Anyway... it worked out and they were returned. His friend's health DECLINED and it was a very SAD SITUATION to deal with for ALL people, family and close friends.

I did help store some guns for safe/secure/legal reasons for a VERY brief time for my MT husband. I did GET a legal paper that was between us. We already KNEW what each one of us owned GUN WISE and, in fact, when we did our prenuptial agreement - we listed all of it down which was between the two of us and our lawyer. Everything else was listed as prenuptial agreements go too.

MOST of that gun stuff is gone now but NOT all of IT for my husband due to his MAJOR consolidation of calibers and BIG downsizing before his retirement. Mine were due to my physical issues and even my firearm GIFTS to my husband. We do keep UP TO DATE LISTS of ALL firearms with THEIR serial numbers and ownership too.

Old Lady Cate

 

[Member 52301]

PS:

I did read about some private places that stored firearms and other things for people over the years.

A PRIVATE PLACE aka a private company would NEED TO COMPLETE SERIAL NUMBERS (Privately held.) and descriptions of firearms to protect their own butt for LIABILITY and not just for the firearm owner. I am sure that insurance would be involved too! ADDED MORE.

They were NOT in some common storage facility where they can get broken into easily or robbed.

I have read where lawyers have even held some firearms and jewels for people in states where the LAW ALLOWS it to be done (Guns!) on a TEMPORARY BASIS and not just for a LEGAL living or deceased estate sale (FFL sale.) or disbursement to be COMPLETED too.

Cate

 

[Mark W.]

Just pawn the things for minimal amounts. I know that one of the Pawn shops in Salem contains a couple of decent sized collections the owner was worried about being stolen. So they were all pawned for a few dollars each and every 60 days the owner pays to keep them in storage.