Just got word that a friend of mine had all his rifles stolen when he left his house for an hour or so during the middle of the day. I'm sick to my stomach on his behalf; he had some really nice stuff and had been collecting for decades.
But ...
[rant]
Why oh why oh why don't people who have enough money to buy a dozen or more $700 dollar guns ever have the money to buy a single $700 safe? And use it?
Failing that ... if you're really that broke (and believe me I've been there!) ... why can't someone with even a modicum of ingenuity devise or build a decently good hiding place for the unlocked guns?
At least my buddy wasn't one of those cheerful idiots who think that since he doesn't have kids in the house, there's no problem with leaving a loaded gun or six just lying around. At least he was smarter than that.
But what kind of fool thinks a gun jammed into a closet, in a house with a key under the mat and windows made out of breakable glass anyway, would be secure enough from thieves and low-lifes?
[/rant]
Meanwhile, he's dealing with cops and is kicking himself because he didn't even have the serial numbers recorded for most of his guns. One of those "I'll get around to it someday" kinda things.
:banghead:
pax
But ...
[rant]
Why oh why oh why don't people who have enough money to buy a dozen or more $700 dollar guns ever have the money to buy a single $700 safe? And use it?
Failing that ... if you're really that broke (and believe me I've been there!) ... why can't someone with even a modicum of ingenuity devise or build a decently good hiding place for the unlocked guns?
At least my buddy wasn't one of those cheerful idiots who think that since he doesn't have kids in the house, there's no problem with leaving a loaded gun or six just lying around. At least he was smarter than that.
But what kind of fool thinks a gun jammed into a closet, in a house with a key under the mat and windows made out of breakable glass anyway, would be secure enough from thieves and low-lifes?
[/rant]
Meanwhile, he's dealing with cops and is kicking himself because he didn't even have the serial numbers recorded for most of his guns. One of those "I'll get around to it someday" kinda things.
:banghead:
pax