Parents aren't letting me keep my guns in house, where to store and rust problems?

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Dismantle the guns, put each component in a sealed vacuum-packed bag with a dessicant, and put each part into its own separate cooler.
 
Unless you have a rare collectible that can't be replaced, sell them for a fair price. You might just make a profit and that is the same as a job. Keep one to carry and keep it in the car if you must. However, I would first explain that you are selling them to help out but would like to keep a single handgun, which stays with you all the time.
 
i vote to sell em til you get back on yer foots. you dinna say what the 72 hr stay was for (and you dont have to) but if you love yer parents you can sell em to help out.
 
I mean no disrespect so hear me out. From what you have said it doesn't sound like your mom is against having guns in the house, but rather YOU having access to guns in the house. I understand that your are unemployed and had to move back home and I'm not judging, but how about this. Would your mom be willing IF you were willing to pay for an inexpensive gun cabinet in which they and only THEY had access to guns? May cost a couple hundred dollars up front, but most likely cheaper in the long run and your guns would still be safe at home from theft and rust. Of course though you must be willing to not have access to your guns for now while living under their roof. Just an idea.

Best of luck.

Shawn
 
banks will not allow liquids or guns in their SD boxes.
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Funny you should mention that. I got a couple of rare weapons (dagger and handgun) from my grandfathers estate. So naturally i thought, hey put them in my SD box. Being a bank, I thought, no way they would allow this but I thought I would ask. I went through 4 weeks of questions and discussions with an ever higher level of management in Wachovia. Eventually I chatted with a person in Charlotte who was VERY high in the corporate management. The best answer I got from this manager who was part of the group responsible for setting policy on SDs..."We do not know if we allow it or not.". He admitted the way their agreement read you could go either way. Was told by the bank manager at my local branch she knew of 2 guys who kept unloaded semi-autos in their SDs. She also told me all I needed to do was bring it in inside a box and nobody would care.

While i would think that they would not be allowed, I found it entertaining even the bank could not tell me.

Back to the OP, unless you got something very valuable and sentimental, sell all but 1 let you parents know your plan. Or, ask them, if you bought a gun safe and gave them the only keys to it, if they would be comfortable with that. I have to say though as the parent of 4, if I felt my child had mental illness and was a danger to themselves (whether that impression was right or wrong), I would not budge on keeping them separated from guns
 
It's two rifles and I think shes gone completely anti-gun and was just waiting for an excuse to not allow me to have them. Started off with her not wanting me to have a gun at all (back in 06) and she finally agreed to let me have them after changing her mind over and over, by 09 she started saying we were moving in with her boyfriend and that I couldn't bring my guns with and her boyfriend kept asking if they were illegal and I kept telling him over and over they are not and he would constantly repeat himself, when I was sent inpatient (false report and I wasn't diagnosed anything) in Florida, my guns were confiscated and I was released after 72 hours and parents started getting even more controlling so I moved and left the state.

I got the guns back in January, and they agreed to let me keep them in the rental house for about a month, when we moved back to the other place, they told me I can't keep them in the house and they have to go in the storage facility, then they changed their mind again and said I can't keep them in the storage facility and to get my own or sell them, then they started saying I can't even have them in my car or I can't live there. My moms boyfriend had a gun but I think she made him sell it. She's becoming extremely authoritarian and i've been trying to find a job so I can move out, but in the mean time, I'm trying to allocate funds to store them somewhere other than my trunk. The storage facilities have controlled environment storage for about 55 bucks a month
 
I would put them in a pawnshop for the lowest amount they will let you, it's the cheapest storage you will find next to free. BUT make sure you can pass the background check to get them back
 
How old are you?

I'll echo the above advice, go talk to the army, or if you want to sleep in a bed the Navy.

It will get you out of the house, and you can do a lot of neat stuff.

My dad served on a nuclear sub and liked it. Good food, good people, and interesting work.
 
After all of the hell I seen some go through in the Army I think you better leave that advice alone. Don't join the Army for the wrong reasons.

Your mother's boyfriend is the one who is more than likely enfluencing her decisions. Directly or indirectly.
Get some break free and clean those guns. The breakfree will slow down the corrosion.
 
You don't have a gun storage problem.


You have a relationship problem.


You might see it as your mother never liking guns and arbitrarily enforcing her will on you.


I think your involuntary commitment is the issue. You need to work through that. Have a conversation, and find out what will persuade her you aren't a danger to yourself or someone else. Otherwise this issue will continue to be a problem, even after you move out and find your own place.



And if you need professional help, man up go get it.
 
Pawn them for like $50 total. Come in every month and pay the $5 or so in interest. Don't laugh. A guy here does that 9 months out of the year except during hunting season. Says it is cheaper than a safe and he lives in a rough neighborhood.
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Now that's a darn good idea there. Not that I need it, but that's slick. :cool:
 
The pawn shop idea is about as cheap as it gets if you have to pay. I assume you are old enough to own long guns legally. If not, I have no advice.

After you are grown up, it is tough to move back home. I would do most anything to avoid that circumstance. What are these guns anyway? Something cheap.... get rid of them and buy new ones later.

I had long guns stored at my Dad's for 30 years. Forgot about them completely for a while.
 
Oil up the guns for longterm storage and get the smallest unit you can and maybe a cheap 8 gun safe too? Good luck, to bad your not out here, can't help there. Sounds like you Mom is scared, better work on the relationship or save up some bucks and move.
 
+1 for Army. They will give you a job and possibly a career. After 25 years you get a free check forever. That still means you have a storage problem though since the Army may seem a lot like your mom for a while. In the short term, sell them.
 
Perhaps your mother is concerned that the "long story" that put you into an institution for 72 hours has not been completely resolved and she is genuinely concerned for your welfare.

I can appreciate why you don't want to sell them, however, because I suspect that you may have a difficult time purchasing firearms in the future, as you would have to check yes to question F on form 4473 "have you ever been committed to a mental institution?"

I've only had one experience with one individual who was held involuntarily for 72 hours of observation, but it certainly was not something that could be done willy nilly, without reason or cause. Rather, there had to be some some pretty serious problems going on.

I'm not knocking' you guy, I'm just saying that you may need to go through a lengthy process in order for the people who love you and want to protect you to feel that you are whole in you body and mind and are not a danger to yourself or others.

The best way to do that is to act responsibly.... The worst thing you can do is to sneak around, rejecting your mother's authority in her own home and hiding "prohibited" items under your bed.

The gun shop idea is the best one I've heard yet...

IMO, the trunk of your car is not secure enough and is not a responsible option.

I hope things work out for you. Hope you can find work and rebuild some bridges with your parents.

Take the high road, and everything should work out.
 
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join the army
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Could be a good option.... but if you don't have a high school diploma, you may find this door closed.... it's not as easy as it used to be.

or if you want to sleep in a bed the Navy.
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We called it a "rack" and it measured 72" x 30" x 22", and the most junior sailors were assigned two men per rack (hence the term "hot racking")
 
SSN, i was in La Madalena, i always got a kick out of seeing sailors sleeping on the torpedo racks next to a mk48 or subrock. god bless fast attacks.
 
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