Reminds me of the case in Vancouver with the elderly man who had 174 firearms seized. Mostly WW2 firearms but they weren’t stored safely. He was also of poor physical and mental health.
Large quantities of legally owned firearms are more common than you think. At my height of collecting, I had more than 40 but less than 60, now I have dwindled it down more than 60% to just precision / hunting rifles and shotguns and handguns.
One thing to not fuck around with is safe storage. Puts a bad name on all of us for improper storage.
To be fair, it does sound like he had two firearms out when they entered, my question would be is that unsafe storage if he was home with the guns. Obviously if he was having a mental health crisis there is a legitimate concern here, but there are times that we all have our firearms out of the safe and if the police enter your home they could argue you weren't storing them properly.
Correct me if I'm wrong but storing non-restricted just requires having a trigger lock, right? If you can openly display them with a trigger lock, how could someone argue it's improper storage if they're not in a safe? Of course assuming no ammo nearby.
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u/vivzzie Mar 27 '26
Reminds me of the case in Vancouver with the elderly man who had 174 firearms seized. Mostly WW2 firearms but they weren’t stored safely. He was also of poor physical and mental health.
Large quantities of legally owned firearms are more common than you think. At my height of collecting, I had more than 40 but less than 60, now I have dwindled it down more than 60% to just precision / hunting rifles and shotguns and handguns.
One thing to not fuck around with is safe storage. Puts a bad name on all of us for improper storage.