handgun in a Safety Deposit Box?

One question..... What would be the reason to keep a handgun in a Safe Deposit Box loaded???

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Adding to the reasons...

I can see keeping a gun in a safe deposit box should you find yourself in a position of needing one and you can't go home for some reason. Maybe not loaded per se, but certainly with ammo.

Or... in the extremely unlikely event you are in the bank during a robbery and are forced to open your box, you can try to be hero.


-T.

Can law enforcement authorities access my safe deposit box without my knowledge or permission?

Mark Mellon, an attorney with the FDIC in Washington, says that if a local, state or federal law enforcement agency persuades the appropriate court that there's "reasonable cause" to suspect you're hiding something illegal in your box (guns, drugs, explosives, stolen cash or money obtained illegally), "it can obtain a court order, force the box open and seize the contents." But what about non-criminal matters, such as a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, a company or other people over money they say you owe? McGuinn of Safe Deposit Specialists says the IRS can "freeze" your assets (effectively placing a hold on your bank accounts and safe deposit box) until the dispute is resolved. Private parties also can freeze your assets but doing so involves going before a judge and proving that there's a legitimate dispute over a debt.

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http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnspr97/sfdpstbx.html

Well THATS interesting....

One question..... What would be the reason to keep a handgun in a Safe Deposit Box loaded???

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Cause you never know if the assassin is going to show up in your booth while you are retrieving a few hundred thousand dollars in untraceable dollars and your forged passport, on your escape to an island in the Pacific.....

My local gun shop stores guns for less than $10 a month.

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If an FFL keeps the gun over night and it was brought to him in person and is picked up in person, a 4473 and NIC has to be done.

I had a few guns in CA in a safety deposit box, which is now over 12 years ago.
I went there about 4-5 times to switch guns out in a year and the female manager asked me if there is a gun in that case I was carrying.
I told her that this was not her concern!
She got quite a po look on her face and said that she does not tolerate any guns for any reason in HER bank.
I ask her if she would mind me having a gold bar in the box.
"Of cause not!"
"Well, how is an unloaded gun more dangerous then that, both could be used to beat someone to death!"
Then I told her, that
1. It's not her bank!
2. I did not say that I did have a gun in the case.
3. What about LEO??

All she could show me in the banks "small print" was "liquids, no hazarders or dangerous items" and she said that guns are dangerous.

Anyway, I closed my accounts, my deposit boxes and went to the next bank where I asked the male manager if they had a problem with guns.
"Not as long as they are stored without ammo"!

I believe my bank prohibits guns from being stored in their boxes. However, they have private rooms to do your safe deposit box business, so I don't know how they'd ever know.

I've never stored mine there; I've got a safe (RSC) at home.

My bank (Bank of America) gives you a safety deposit box for free with your account. They specifically mention that no firearms are to be kept there.
As far as carrying - I make sure I'm carrying when I go in the bank.

Another matter to consider is that if the safe deposit box is in your name and you die the box is sealed.

In the fullness of time, the contents will be accessible by your executor/personal representative. A firearm in your safe deposit box may result in some inconvenient legal issues. This is especially true in states that are unfriendly to gun owners.

When I was at my Officer Basic Course, I traveled there with a pistol but couldn't keep it on base so I stored it in a bank safety deposit box. Of course I kept it unloaded but with the ammo in the same box.

Worked for me.

Just be sure to pay the payment up front. Defaulted payments make the property the banks'.