Keeping a gun in an apartment with roomates

[qbpc]

Lock your door and get a mini locker/vault. Had roomies before no problem with them but when you add booze and friends anything can happen. So keep locked room and locker.
My .02
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[JKimball]

Reading through all these replies reminded me of the sound advice of a wise old man:

"Keep it secret, keep it safe!"

 

[jeepmor]

Oh the college roommate days. I had a couple doozies myself. One slacker Californian who thought everything was his and couldn't understand why he was flunking for only showing up 2 weeks out of every 9 week term. And one that a former roomie dumped on us over a Christmas break to replace his vacancy. His replacement was a recovering heroine addict. That was trouble, get something to secure your firearm or keep it on your person 24/7. If you can't carry on campus, be sure you can keep it in your car in a locked box, and said car has an alarm. Beyond that, it should be on your person at all times. Which is where the kel tec suggestions come from. Small and easy to conceal and not a burden to pack around absolutely everywhere.

In college, many people are finding their path, and many of those paths do not end in graduation. The 1in4 analogy is fairly accurate in strenuous curriculums like the medical field and engineering.

 

[mokin]

The idea of a small safe is much better than finding a hardback copy of Michner's "Hawaii" at a used book store and spending an evening with a utility knife and a lot of blades like I did. My system worked but I told no one and once the large book under my bed aquired the proper amount of dust I don't believe anyone ever suspected....

 

[Wes Janson]

My situation is a bit unusual...I'm living with two of my best friends whom I've grown up with, and I work in a gun store where I carry. While I agree with the principle of being discrete, in certain circumstances it's simply not practical or possible to keep things like that from roommates who are also close friends. The solution is to keep things as secure as possible (safes, locks, etc) and to keep a close eye on the unverified people who come over to visit.

 

[jefnvk]

OK, I'm in a similiar situtation, just with a house.

Tell roommates. If you can't trust them to know you have a gun, you probably shouldn't have made teh decision to live with them.

Get a small safe. Even if you trust your roommates, there is no reason to trust their friends.

Make sure your roommates know what to do should they come across the gun. I don't like advertising, but I got a sign in my room advising that any guns may be loaded and to not touch, and a note in my drawer I keep my CCW advising not to pull the trigger

Oh, and all guns not under my immediate sober control are locked up before any drinking. End of story.

 

[vis-à-vis]

Tell roommates. If you can't trust them to know you have a gun, you probably shouldn't have made teh decision to live with them.

I agree with this. The simple fact of the matter is a little leaven leavens the whole loaf and if you don't know your roommates to be trustworthy souls you probably ought not have signed a lease. Of course this is a bit trickier if you cannot pick your own roommate as with a dormitory type situation.