Ammo question

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How much live ammo are you permitted to keep in your household? Not including cartridges, bullets (or do they count) etc.
 
That depends on how much your wife will let you keep.
There is no federal law restricting amount. If your state has a limit that would only apply to that given state.
 
And even if your state had a limit, why would they have to know? Keep as much as you want - the only way someone might get nosy is if you bought a truckload at once, and then all you have to do is say "group buy". There's not really a reason for anyone to check up on your stash.
 
How much live ammo are you permitted to keep in your household?
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Laws do not permit you to do things... they forbid you from doing things.

You can do anything you want as long as there is not a law that forbids you from doing it. In other words, if there's not a law that says you can't do something, then you can.
 
Keep as many as you want.

Just don't do anything that would give the Feds a reason to raid your house.

Unless you want that shallow piece of botox blonde eye candy news reporter telling the whole city how much ammo the ATF discovered at your address on the 10:00 news...
 
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Ok let me set the seen, for some reason your house is on fire, visible smoke coming from the house, you call 911 and they send the Fire Department. We all know that ammunitions are on the rise and people are “stock piling” in one form or another. Now we all know that it takes a cartage in a chamber to make it “effetely dangerous” if it blows up its most likely not going to “kill someone”. My question is to any Fire Fighters out there, you roll up on a house fire fully evolved, what if any questions are asked, and more importantly what are the correct answers? I want to do the right thing here what is the proper way to store ammunition from a regular non shooter Fire Fighter perspective?
 
NFPA 495 is a standard, not a law, but sometimes NFPA Standards get adopted as state laws, or as part of one. There's a lot of NFPA stuff that, if followed, can save us from some misery later on down the road.

As a former firefighter, I'd like to have known ahead of time where large quantities of ammo and/or propellant were stored when I responded to a structure fire. At the same time, how can we make sure only the good guys know where the stuff might be? The Air Force took down the fire symbols from the outside of munitions storage "igloos" so the Russki satellites couldn't read 'em, but there was info kept at the "bomb dump" Entry Control Point about what was out there. Then the firefighters would know when it was time to withdraw if a fire was winning the fight.

But since the original question was about any legal limit, let's keep it on-topic. It seems there really isn't any federal limit, anyway, so I guess it does come down to whatever your wife and the load capacity of your home's foundation will allow. ;)
 
I think the powder/primers depends on State law. California has limits on how you can store and the number of items you can store as components but not as actual ammunition. I think it is like 20 pounds of smokeless and you can have as much as 50 provided that it is stored in several separate "magazines" with at least 1 hour of fire rating or 1inch of wooden siding to prevent conflagration. I'm not sure how many primers it is, but they must be stored similarly. The law comes not from criminal code as much as it comes from the State Fire Marshall. I'm sure other states are similar.
 
I seem to recal that some states have a law about how much BLACK POWDER (Not the substitutes) you posses. 5 (Five) pounds was the limit without some sort of paperwork IIRC.

Any Muzzleloaders reading this thread? :confused:

NukemJim
 
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You're guessing, aren't you.
No there isn't.
Really? Maybe you are guessing?

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Nope, I'm not guessing, but you sure are and don't understand what the NFPA is. Read it again and then look up what the NFPA is. It's only a recommendation by the NFPA, not a law. The NFPA does not and cannot make laws or regulations. The NFPA is not a governmental agency. It's a private organization which advocates for the fire protection industry.

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Yup.
Again, some states or cities might limit the quantities.
 
Hey, look: It's a Florida guy that's asking.

Stay with the question, please.

FWIW, I've not heard anybody ever comment about any Florida law concerning ammo or component quantities, nor of any local ordinance.

It's possible there might be some fire codes which speak to HOW ammo or components are stored, but I don't know. Best to check with local authorities concerning this particular aspect.

Art
 
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