Lets not hurt ourselves - Gun Control

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Those are good question. I'll answer for myself:

Are they all locked in a safe? Must be a big safe for 50+ guns.

Mine are (although there are far fewer of them...eight, to be exact). If I'm not in actual possession or in direct observation of any of my firearms, they'r eunloaded and locked in my safe.

Is your house burglar proof with an alarm system?

Burglar proof? No such thing. But burglar resistant, yep. I live in a condo in a building with secure access, and it's not on the ground floor. The building is alarmed.

If your house should catch fire, would the fire fighters be in danger with the large amounts of stored ammo?

Nope. As I said, I don't load any firearm I'm not actually using/carrying at the time, and it's loaded weapons which represent fire risk. Unloaded ammunition can indeed "cook off," but unless the round is loaded into the chamber of a firearm, it's not at all likely to harm anyone. Outside of the firing chamber, ammunition can't produce the pressure to drive the bullet at a dangerous velocity in a fire. It just ruptures the brass case and the projectile goes a few feet at low velocity. According to an article at myfirefighternation.com, firefighters' protective clothing is plenty to protect them.

A possible exception might be ammunition stored in those heavy steel GI ammo cans (which can allow enough pressure to build inside as to constitute at least some danger), but I don't store ammo in those.

Do you have small children in your house?

Nope...I live by myself, and my friends who have little kids know better than to bring them to my house.

Are there any residents with mental illness in your house?

Well, my cat's a bit of a nutcase...but she doesn't know the combination to the gun safe.

Are you insured for personal liability?

Yep.