How many guns can you store in a safe?

[covlocks]

A wooden gun cabinet surely not???

 

Yep, thats right. In fact in a lot of cases a good wooden cabinet can be made to be more secure that these lockable biscuit tins that masquarade as secure cabinets. The only thing going for most of them is they have a 7 lever lock which is difficult to pick, but the long length of the cabinet being made of relatively thin metal makes them very openable with a small crowbar.

 

It a bit like the analogy of wooden door versus the uPVC door now fitted to houses. It may be a good lock on the plastic door but the plastic door in itself is as weak as can be and you can bend it like a banana - give it a try if you dont believe. A good wooden door with a good lock can be far more secure.

[Cosd]

Fao came round to inspect guns and new cabinet, everything in order and he's happy.

 

Two cabinets with the capacity for 9 guns (currently 5), said he was happy with me to increase to that, but would need a monitored alarm system fitted on 9 guns plus.

 

Happy chappy!

[Dekers]

Fao came round to inspect guns and new cabinet, everything in order and he's happy.

 

Two cabinets with the capacity for 9 guns (currently 5), said he was happy with me to increase to that, but would need a monitored alarm system fitted on 9 guns plus.Happy chappy!

 

 

I rather think this is your Region/FEO flexing his muscles, there is no legal requirement for this that I am aware of! If there is perhaps someone can point me in the direction so I can learn something.

 

Cheers

Edited March 22, 2010 by Dekers

[miniwizard]

mine holds 24

[covlocks]

There is nothing at this time that says you have to have an alarm, monitored or otherwise.

 

The problem is, if you do have a break-in and you have said for the sake of keeping the FEO quiet that your house alarm is monitored, and it isn't, then things can get a little difficult.

 

On the point of monitoring, this does absolutely nothing. The alarm has to have two separate activations before an alarm monitoring service can get the police to look. Most monitoring services now only phone the registered key holder to go and have a look, and then let the key holder phone the police. The reason for this is that with the ease of installing monitored alarms came the massively increased number of calls the police were getting to attend false alarms - so they obviously refuse to attend unless a key holder (1) confirms the problem and (2) is in actual attendance waiting for the police.

 

Unless you live very remotely it is best to have the alarm dialler call your mobile, then you can decide what to do. Most alarm now have a remote monitoring facility, so it phones you, plays the message and then goes into listen mode ie., you can hear anything going on which helps you decide to call the police or make the decision that it is a false activation. If you call the police yourself and confirm a problem they will attend rather sharpish when they know you have guns in the house.

[Cosd]

I rather think this is your Region/FEO flexing his muscles, there is no legal requirement for this that I am aware of! If there is perhaps someone can point me in the direction so I can learn something.

 

Cheers

 

 

I make you right, but 9 guns gives me plenty of growing room, at the moment I can't see me ever getting to that. I'll worry about it and/or deal with it as and when....