Gun Storage When...

[mcdonl]

Well, I keep all of my guns and ammo in a locked closet...

But... I have never come across anything that needed to be done in my house that I could not do myself. I have never hired anyone for anything. Laying carpet sucks but paying someone to do it sucks even more, in my opinion.

 

[IBEWBULL]

I have worked service work in the past and chances are prety good no one who is a skilled tradesmen is going to rip you off.
Now comes the rub, people talk and it could be years later and as the word gets spread and or associated with an address things happen.
I have herd of people spreading word of someone having cash,guns or jewls, falsly just to target someone for vengence.
So put your toys away, we don't want to see them or know about them whild working on your home.
There is a time and place for everything and work is time to work not sky lark.

 

[Ruger Redhawk]

My gun room has a lock on it. Nobody but the wife and I know where the key is. I did have an exterminator go in on a termite inspection. Everything is locked in my safes and anchored to a concrete slab.. My reloading bench is in the room. We have double locks on all the doors and I have a ADT alarm system. I have good neighbors on all sides that watch out for eachother. I have 3 good size dogs right outside the back door. Nobody walks in the yard without them letting everybody know.

I won't say nothing can happen but I do have a good peace of mind.

God help them if they try coming in when the wife or I are home. It could get to be a bloody mess.

 

[danprkr]

I'm in and out of people's homes a lot working on their appliances, and you'd be surprised at what people leave laying out. And, not just guns. Everything from expensive jewelry to sex toys to drug paraphernalia. On the other hand I sometimes wonder what's been put up. It is sad though that it is a good idea to put things up when strangers are coming over. I mean I trust me, but there's no reason my customers should until they've used me a couple of times.

 

[Ledgehammer]

There is also no other way to get in, or even see the guns/stuff, without opening the locked door.

If this is the case, to me it seems like you answered your own question. It's already put up. I wouldn't worry about what they can't see.

 

[mustang_steve]

My long arms are taken down and placed into a locked suitcase (normally just in the closet in soft cases, I'm not allowed to install a safe in this apartment). My handguns remain in the lockbox they are in. I have a cover plate for the location it's at so someone can't just look over and go "wow, a small lockbox".

Basically, they won't know I own guns.

 

[GuyOnTheCouchNY]

I would take the day off, I don't trust men.

 

[XxWINxX94]

If this is the case, to me it seems like you answered your own question. It's already put up. I wouldn't worry about what they can't see.

I guess I was directing it towards everyone, like What do YOU do with your gun stuff when workers/services are performed at your house?

Now I don't understand the OP's original question; sounds like you DID hide them from the carpet installers to me....the same as if you "moved" them all into another locked closet or stuffed them into the attic.

Sorry if I was vague, the question is "What do YOU do with your gun stuff when workers/servicemen come to your home?"

 

[Al LaVodka]

Locked up.
Al

 

[Ignition Override]

A family whose man is in the jewelry business had visitors break in after midnight.

This is the only 'home invasion' I can remember in the more affluent areas here, during the last several years.

That family, according to the article, has had numerous people do work in their home, and only a little loose talk needs to be overheard.

 

[XxWINxX94]

My gun room has a lock on it. Nobody but the wife and I know where the key is. We have double locks on all the doors and I have a ADT alarm system. I have good neighbors on all sides that watch out for eachother. I have 3 good size dogs right outside the back door. Nobody walks in the yard without them letting everybody know.

I think you may have inspired the security of Fort Knox.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Sorry if I was vague, the question is "What do YOU do with your gun stuff when workers/servicemen come to your home?"

In that case, the answer is; I don't leave them out...ever...and they are locked up except when on me or with me. I'm not there during the day and the wife doesn't always pay attention and I've got teenagers and they've got friends and I can't predict when they'll be around.

 

[KP Texan]

I ran into this very issue since I had flooring contractors in my house for the past two weeks. My guns are in the safe which is in the office closet. Before the contractors came in to do work, I removed the standard doorknob on the office door and the put a key locking doorknob in its place. I also put some of my expensive tools and electronics in the locked office. This seemed like a good system and I felt okay leaving the contractors there when nobody was home. The only issue I had was when they needed to do the transition between the new flooring in the hall way and the office. I came home to unlock the office door and then I stayed until they were finished. My wife thinks I'm crazy but, hey, none of my stuff was stolen.

-Wes

 

[jbh13]

Safes are a great deterant by themselves. If you feel more comfortable about having a contractor come into your house, just get the company name and employee that's doing the work. You can ask for ID, it is your house.

 

[FAS1]

One of the reasons that I actually use the product that I sell is because service people that might need to come in my house. Just yesterday I had a phone problem and while the tech made the appropriate repair outside, it was possible that he would need to come inside the house. I don't have kids running around here on a regular basis anymore so I could just leave my handgun in the nightstand but I also use a maid service on a regular basis and I wouldn't want to scare any of the ladies by leaving my handgun laying around. We recently remodeled the kitchen so we had several different people here doing different tasks and I never felt like I needed to worry about them seeing something that they shouldn't laying around. HD handgun locKed up next to bed and all others in the safe. I think these are good habits for me personally and when friends or relatives come over I don't need to think if any child proofing is needed.

 

[buck1032]

I ran accross this issue a few years ago. My gun room is in the unfinished basement and I needed to have electrical outlets installed. I had 4 outlets on one 20 amp breaker put in. All firearms, besides the one i had on was locked in the safe and the day before I loaded all me quick change kits, dies, scales, etc into the safe while they were working on it. The electrician who came out is the guy who wired the house when it was built, is a friend of my neighbor to the West and my inlaws live on the other side of the woods in the east. My father in law is a retired contractor and he used that electrician for years. So we used someone who has been known to the family for 20+ years, who is known for good honest work. But I still secured all loose items that could "walk off".

 

[Shadow 7D]

safes are nice for a smash and grab type, but if they know you have stuff of value, and they have time, they will come to TAKE the safe. So they are of A Value but they are only one layer of a securty plan,

The first layer I would position
Is Counter Intelligence, in that if nobody knows what you have, the can't tell anybody who would like to take it. So, if you run a Jewelry business, You don't need to tell everybody on the block that you are in jewelery (or bring business home) rather you can say you work at a jewelery store, then complain about the boss being a real jerk. Don't need to mention you are the boss

Same goes for guns, talk about shooting, how much you enjoy it, Just don't mention what you have, where you keep it etc. If someone pushes, guide them to the range rental counter. It's kinda paranoid, but, as it seems to be a reoccurring theme, if someone doesn't know what you have, they can't target it.