Displaying your Firearm..................

[rufunky]

I know my dad had a showcase for some civil war guns he collected but thinking back I'm not sure it was "legally displayed". What do you guys use/recommend to display your favorite firearms preferably handguns.

 

[General Geoff]

I use a holster.




seriously though, you're probably looking for a type of glass display case, preferably with a locking door/window.

 

[bluetopper]

I display mine every time I open my safe and take them out to the range and that's it.

 

[MRIman]

I personally don't display any firearms. I even keep the gun
"rags"(Shotgun News,G&A,....)on the "low key".
What they don't know,helps me!!!

 

[nalioth]

I'm not sure it was "legally displayed".

Is this a Massachusetts state law?

 

[ShadyScott999]

I don't display, tell anyone, or mention to most people that I even own more than one.

 

[TexasRifleman]

What the heck is "legally displayed"?

I have a couple of handguns in glass covered shadow boxes hanging on the wall. Simple wood affairs with velvet lined interior and a glass lid.

One is a 1911 and the other a Single action revolver.

Both have been made inert. The 1911 is missing the firing pin and leaf spring and the SAA is missing a couple of internal parts.

That's just for my own peace of mind in case they were stolen, rather than any legal thing.

 

[rufunky]

nalioth, here is a quote from a Firearms Attorney from MA "you are to have a "Properly affixed mechanical lock that will deny access to an unlicensed person, or a safe, lockbox, or another locked container."

 

[TexasRifleman]

here is a quote from a Firearms Attorney from MA "you are to have a "Properly affixed mechanical lock that will deny access to an unlicensed person, or a safe, lockbox, or another locked container."

Wow. Here's a quote from a guy in Texas:

"Pack your crap and move"

 

[rufunky]

TexasRifleman, make room I'll catch the next plane.

 

[TexasRifleman]

There's plenty of room.

No offense intended to your state but that's crazy.

Wouldn't the locks on the door of your home fit the law there?

They would deny access to all except criminals that might break into the house.

Maybe that's too easy huh.... Would anything with glass meet that, even if locked?

Sounds like it's going to be next to impossible to display any firearms under those circumstances, unless you invest in some kind of expensive showcase with thick glass and locks.

 

[mpmarty]

So let me understand this, in MA you can have the neighbor kids in to watch porn but you better have your firearms locked up. Whata world we live in.

 

[FoMoGo]

I spent 2 years in Mass... happy to be gone.
Also happy they didnt find my guns...


Jim

 

[Bezoar]

legally to be properly secured in that region of america, it needs a trigger lock, however the "ruger" type lock cable through the barrel or cylinder when open, would be acceptable legally.

The state made the state capitol building put a trigger lock on an antique musket used in a minuteman display statue.

 

[Macmac]

If you liked you could use the wall as a display rack, or any typical glass and wood cabinet.


You don't need to move very far both VT and NH have very good gun law...

Civil War relics are not even guns! They are items of a greater value, but they are not guns.. All of them shoot black powder which is why they are no longer guns.

Unless the War Between the States moved in time, all of these guns were made before 1898, and are antiques, that do not apply to any gun laws what so ever. If you have any Civil War guns made after 1898 they are modern, and still they do not apply to the law.

 

[CoRoMo]

Quote:
here is a quote from a Firearms Attorney from MA "you are to have a "Properly affixed mechanical lock that will deny access to an unlicensed person, or a safe, lockbox, or another locked container."

Wow. Here's a quote from a guy in Texas:

"Pack your crap and move"

AMEN!!