Guns in a bank safety deposit box

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If you have access to a vacuum food storage system, oil them and vacuum seal before storage. No matter which storage method you choose.

And I carry concealed in the bank every time I go.
 
The reason to get a safety deposit box is twofold: 1) A place to store them, if you want to store outside the home; 2) Costs less per year than paying insurance on high-value revolvers. It is a risk, without insurance, of course, but less than keeping at home.

Banks, including mine, are very anti-firearm, and so they tend to frown upon keeping firearms in the safe deposit box. So, don't tell 'em.

In fact, it states that prohibited items include firearms and cash. Other than coins and jewelry and important documents, what else are you going to store in a safe deposit box, other than firearms and cash?

Folks, those of you who have safety deposit boxes, especially particularly large ones, what do you keep in them? Once, when I asked this of a teller, when I got my box out, knowing full well I store firearms in it, what others keep in their boxes, and she had absolutely no idea!
 
If you have access to a vacuum food storage system, oil them and vacuum seal before storage.
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As someone who has done this for extended storage of tools...

1) Don't use the tila style "textured" bags without some padding because you will end up with a waffle pattern of oil/dry metal on one side which will not simply disappear with oiling.

2) Don't use full vacuum with anything with any sort of sharp edges because sharp corners will cut through the plastic bags.
 
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I assumed carrying a gun into a safe was a federal crime...doesn't really matter, no bank I have ever been a member of or visited allow it so I never did much looking into it.

With that said, my good friend is a branch manager for a bank and told me that when Obama was clearly the favorite in the 2008 elections many people were doing just that. She said she didn't have an issue with it but was not supposed to allow it so she would "give them privacy" and leave the room so she could in good faith claim ignorance should it ever come up.
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First of all, I have never heard of a bank that would have someone watch what one puts in a safety deposit box, I certainly wouldn't not rent a box from a bank that did.

Second, Concealed Carry is different than carrying an unloaded gun in a bag or box. While all States laws are different in some respects, if Concealed Carry meant an unloaded gun in a box, how would one ever leave the gun store with it?:rolleyes:

If I was leaving the Country for an extended period of time, and had no trustworthy friends or relatives I felt comfortable leaving my weapons with, I would indeed seriously consider a safety deposit box. That is what they are for! To secure valuable objects and papers securely!

One of my Great Uncles kept several hundred dollars worth of gold coins in a safety deposit box after the Fascist Roosevelt Administration outlawed the private ownership of gold in the 1930's.

The last thing I would ever do is bury them somewhere in the ground. Another Great Uncle, brother to the aforementioned, is thought to have buried a like amount of gold coins in his barnyard. After he unexpectedly died, his widow and sons searched in vain for the buried gold. Not entirely sure that part of the story is true, although the Family swears by it, but the safety deposit gold storage is, as my Father received one of the coins as a wedding gift.
 
Can you break down the firearms an only store the receivers in the vault? Storing 7 oz of obviously not a working firearm steel is different from storing a 1911. Last resort, PVC pipe buried in a safe place, google the process.
 
Can you break down the firearms an only store the receivers in the vault? Storing 7 oz of obviously not a working firearm steel is different from storing a 1911. Last resort, PVC pipe buried in a safe place, google the process.
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If ones handguns fit, fine. It may be worth putting major parts of rifles in a SDB for safety if the rifles weren't in a 100% secure location. Factory only parts are good, like bolt action bolts are from some companies.
 
Federal government can and has gone into the safety deposit boxes of suspected criminals/tax evaders or in the case of many states, people whose accounts show "no activity" and seized the contents. In the Federal Government's case, they're looking for cash, gold and guns. I wouldn't do it.
 
Federal law prohibits guns in banks. The state laws don't mean anything at this point. The fed law trumps it.
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OK Frank, just for you I must ask this guy to cite proof of that claim.
 
Banks make a lot of rules they know will be broken; they do it for their own protection, not yours.

I have never used a bank safe deposit box where I was not given total privacy; they don't know, want to know, or care what you really put in there, no matter what the rules say. If in doubt, do a dry run with innocuous items.

If you want to put a gun in a safe deposit box, take it into the bank in a mailer type padded envelope; put the envelope(s) in the box.

All banks have automatic payment plans for safe deposit boxes, the money coming from your savings account. As long as you keep money in the savings account (you can access the account, transfer funds, or in some cases make deposits through any ATM), the box will be untouched.

For any long term storage, using RIG or a similar acid free grease, and Zip-Loc storage/freezer bags. They are air and water tight.

Jim
 
Of course you can. I've seen it in the movies lots of times! Normally the box also has lots of cash and fake passports. If you have a box with all three you are awesome and will definitely get the girl by the end of the movie.
 
Lawyer fees and Bank box fees will add up very quickly....

Unless these are rare or collectable firearms, or have a strong sentimental value, I'd sell and re-buy when you get back.

But if you are deploying active duty military, you should be able to put your house hold goods in secure storage on the gubments dime and then have them shipped to your new duty station when you return. Simply put the firearms in a locked trunk, and then put the trunk in a box so it doesn't draw anybody's attention. This type of situation comes up every day in TAD and PCS moves and the folks that handle the move paperwork should be able to answer any and all of your questions.

And I have never seen a state that has "banks" on their list of prohibited places.
 
Was it posted on the door/entrance or something?
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Yes it was. In my state that is NOT legal authority though but only when a person is asked to leave and refuses does it become a crime of armed trespass.
 
I kept my handguns and rifle bolts in a safe deposit box when on a several month project away from home. The rifles and shotguns went in my old Treadlock footlocker type gun "safe."

A friend said he had a safe deposit box full of 1911s, every make except Singer.
But nothing was ever seen of them after he was killed in a car wreck.
Was he telling tall tales or did some banker get a gun collection when they opened the box for non-payment of rent?
 
This does kind of raise the idea for a secure storage business built from the ground up for gun storage. The place would need to be an FFL 01 at the very least and possibly an SOT.

It would of course have to be really really secure, not just a converted storage locker, and you'd have to factor in storage conditions....but hmmm...it has potential. This could be useful for people who have to travel, have issues with potential family members, don't want to store at home, or a dozen of other reasons.
 
If you have a box with all three you are awesome and will definitely get the girl by the end of the movie.

But your dog is getting shot by the end of the second act, so it all balances out.

I'm with Sam thinking that "federal law bans guns in banks" was a joke. One of our local banks has given away guns in the past. They take a photo in the lobby of the bank of the bank guy handing the winner the gun before heading off to the FFL to make it all legal.
 
HankR said:
If you have a box with all three you are awesome and will definitely get the girl by the end of the movie.

But your dog is getting shot by the end of the second act, so it all balances out.

I'm with Sam thinking that "federal law bans guns in banks" was a joke. One of our local banks has given away guns in the past. They take a photo in the lobby of the bank of the bank guy handing the winner the gun before heading off to the FFL to make it all legal.
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Why would that be necessary to be legal? Does your state require an FFL for all firearms transfers?
 
Why would that be necessary to be legal? Does your state require an FFL for all firearms transfers?
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Pretty sure a business cannot simply give away guns as part of a marketing effort without running into territory of dealing in firearms without a license. The fact that money does not change hands specifically FOR that firearm doesn't matter.

Not sure precisely how the law works in this regard, but I imagine the gun shop retains possession of the gun until the winner comes in to do the transfer. Essentially what the bank is giving away is really just a gift certificate covering the cost of that new gun.
 
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