Locking up SBR?

[Jtgarner]

How exactly does an SBR have to be secured? Is a cable lock through the magwell and out the ejection port good enough? Do I HAVE to have a case with a lock? Does it have to be a hard case?

Just wondering cause I have some cable locks laying around, but the only case I have right now is HUGE!
Any links to where this is written would be great.
Thanks guys.

 

[Goodcat]

As far as I understand, locked in a safe that only you have access to (even significant other or wife is a no go) unless you are around. But it may be technically 'secured', as in inoperable without your intervention (cable locks, etc). Others will chime in I'm sure.

 

[Jtgarner]

I don't have a safe, I was under the impression that locked in a case that only you can access was okay so I was going to go that way, but I just wanted to ask since I have extra cable locks laying around.

 

[MikeA]

If you are the only one that has access to your house and you lock your door then it would not be accessible to anyone else right?

 

[revsaxon]

I always went in a safe only I knew the code to, or when I was out of town for a pro-longed period of time a safety deposit box with a copy of all the paperwork with it.

Some may say thats over-kill, but with anything in the federally regulated arsonal, is there such a thing as over-kill?

 

[Jtgarner]

If you are the only one that has access to your house and you lock your door then it would not be accessible to anyone else right?

My wife has access to the house. However only I have access to the key for the cable lock or lock on the case.
Is that good enough?

I always went in a safe only I knew the code to, or when I was out of town for a pro-longed period of time a safety deposit box with a copy of all the paperwork with it.

Some may say thats over-kill, but with anything in the federally regulated arsonal, is there such a thing as over-kill?

A safe is ideal, but living in an apartment (I guess the super would have access to my apt, but not the case) while I finish school so that will have to wait.

 

[revsaxon]

A safe is ideal, but living in an apartment (I guess the super would have access to my apt, but not the case) while I finish school so that will have to wait.

I leave a safe in my apartment. In one case my super even helped me move it it :P

 

[Jtgarner]

I live in Bloomington , I don't even want my super knowing I have guns.

 

[Meister]

My wife has access to the house. However only I have access to the key for the cable lock or lock on the case.
Is that good enough?

You have to remove the possibility of access to the firearm. A cable lock would still allow access or transfer.

 

[MikeA]

My wife has access to the house. However only I have access to the key for the cable lock or lock on the case.
Is that good enough?

A safe is ideal, but living in an apartment (I guess the super would have access to my apt, but not the case) while I finish school so that will have to wait.

Put a locking door knob on a closet and call it good.

 

[MikeA]

Or lock it in a gun case.

 

[Meister]

Put a locking door knob on a closet and call it good.

Damn good idea!

 

[Jtgarner]

Would a lockable soft case be okay?

 

[CountryBoy19]

You have to remove the possibility of access to the firearm. A cable lock would still allow access or transfer.

Even a locking case allows transfer though. Lock it in a case and a person can still take it. It's a real gray area of the law IMHO. Locking closet seems like the best "cheap" idea so far...

 

[revsaxon]

You could take the only sane approach and never have it off your person. And personally I feel safer having a SBR strapped to my inner thigh everywhere I go

Purple left to your disgression

 

[MikeA]

Even a locking case allows transfer though. Lock it in a case and a person can still take it. It's a real gray area of the law IMHO. Locking closet seems like the best "cheap" idea so far...

Theft is theft, doent matter if they cart off a 500lb safe or locked gun case.

 

[darthfader]

its a grey area. having a locked closet with deadbolts is the best solution. only you can have access to it. no one else can have access to that closet or else its a felony charge for you if something bad were to happen. a locked case can be taken away and is easy to get access to. if it were in a deadbolted closet you would have a better chance of fighting charges in a court of law in case anything were to happen to that firearm.

 

[darthfader]

i am going to get a suppressed sbr thru an nfa trust because i want more than one person to have access to that firearm and if anything happens to me it wont get destroyed as more than one person can claim ownership.

 

[tradertator]

Can anyone point to an instance where a person was charged for the theft of an NFA item due to negligence? Putting a locking door knob on a room or closet seems like a valid attempt at protecting your property. Someone could take your property regardless of what steps you take.

 

[subtlesixer03]

wouldnt cable locking a locked case to say a pipe in the house solve the transport issue with the case? Id say as long as the have to break something to move it you should be ok. You could always get a stack-on cabinet and screw it to the wall inside a closet as well.