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As long as there are no pellets to hand just about anywhere out of sight should be OK but don't forget a stern do not touch please.

 

Good point, kids are very conscientious around guns and know not to touch unless told to, oldest (10 in July) is starting to take an interest in shotguns and has started simulator lessons with a view to clays in the summer, no interest in rifles or air rifles..

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This comes up a fair bit. But it's never a bad thing to look at it again. The law for non-FAC guns states that you must take 'reasonable precautions' to stop it getting into the wrong hands. Trigger locked and on the top shelf at the back of a walk in wardrobe could be seen to fit the bill. You might also consider some way of locking the gun/case to the shelf. Perhaps going overboard. I'm guessin you already have a cabinet though? is there no room in it? I only have air rifles, but they're treated as if they were on ticket when it comes to storage

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This comes up a fair bit. But it's never a bad thing to look at it again. The law for non-FAC guns states that you must take 'reasonable precautions' to stop it getting into the wrong hands. Trigger locked and on the top shelf at the back of a walk in wardrobe could be seen to fit the bill. You might also consider some way of locking the gun/case to the shelf. Perhaps going overboard. I'm guessin you already have a cabinet though? is there no room in it? I only have air rifles, but they're treated as if they were on ticket when it comes to storage

Fits at the moment, but not by much and when friends/family come to stay and bring guns I need the space. Planning on two further additions this year too.. The other thing is that it is current convenient for back yard vermin removal, less so in the cabinet..

 

Trigger lock is a good idea

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The law is pretty clear on this one. If they can't get access to it then it's all good. Common sense says use your already there gun safe but you don't have to if the top of the wardrobe makes it impossible for someone under 18 to get their mit's on it.

By that I take it to mean out of sight and out of reach.

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Just fit a trigger lock that way access is denied. Job jobbed no need to hide it. Glad I don't have kids in the house, pain in rear to keep faffing on getting the lock off or out of a cabinet when a magpie or Squirel drops onto the bird feeders.

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I would be extra careful with this myself if you already have on ticket Rifles in the house, it would make sense to treat the air rifle in the same manner, you don't want to end up losing all your Guns, i'm not sure which firearms dept you are under, but they all seem to read into the rules differently. i would have thought a decent cable lock and fixing point would be good enough, better to be safe than sorry. i have 8 Air rifles 2 are on ticket, but all of them are in cabinets there is no doubt then.

 

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Bang a rawl bolt in the wall through the wardrobe one of the bolts with a ring thing then lock it to that via chain or wire thing. Better to be safe imo

 

Completely agree. When I think what I got up to at 14 or 15, there is no way the top of my dad's wardrobe would have stopped me if he wasn't there. I've brought up three sons - they can be beggars, so take no chances. Nobody wants to see their kid blinded or see it happen to someone elses kid. I knew a lad that was blinded with an airgun some idiot shot him claiming not to know it was loaded. The lad nearly lost sight in both eyes because when one eye was burst, his body started attacking the other one. Apparently, this is common with such injuries to one eye - something to do with the immune system attacking the eye tissue that was blasted into the back of the eye socket. It was a terrible thing and entirely avoidable.

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What about a metal D-ring added to a gunslip, then padlock the zip runner to it?

Or a lockable plastic guncase?

Basic bike lock cable through the trigger guard?

Cheap wooden wardrobe with lock?

Gunrack on the wall with padlocked bar?

 

Precautions should be "reasonable", not Fort Knox bullion room.

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Bang a rawl bolt in the wall through the wardrobe one of the bolts with a ring thing then lock it to that via chain or wire thing. Better to be safe imo

Eye bolt is what you mean you can buy them ready to go in most hardware stores screwfix etc
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