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juggarjew t1_izf2n66 wrote

Reply to comment by MyNameIsRay in Gun stockpile in hospital closet leads to $63K in fines from NJ health dept. by J-W-L

You’d be surprised what people bring to work. That guy probably felt it was a private enough area to do so. It was closet in his office. You really never know what someone is going through, his kid or wife could have been suicidal and he needed a quick place to store the guns outside the home. A place that is secure enough where it won’t get broken into like a mini storage unit or some such.

I dunno, I can’t pass judgement until I know the full story. People see “guns” and freak out but to many they are just tools or a hobby. I will agree it was a poor decision , but we just don’t know the full story.

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MyNameIsRay t1_izf5fju wrote

>his kid or wife could have been suicidal and he needed a quick place to store the guns outside the home

Most FFL's will store guns for you.

There's an organization called "Hold My Guns" that was made for just that purpose.

Any decent friend/shooting buddy should let you store guns with them in a situation like this. (I've sure done it for my friends.)

Plus, he could have just removed essential components and stored those in the office if safety was a concern. There would be no legal issue with a bag of bolts and barrels in the closet.

>A place that is secure enough where it won’t get broken into like a mini storage unit or some such.

An unlocked closet in an unlocked room, that other people obviously have access to, is not the more secure option...

>People see “guns” and freak out but to many they are just tools or a hobby.

Just for reference, I'm a massive gun enthusiast. I'm not freaking out about the guns, I'm freaking out that he left fully functional and unsecured guns in the unlocked closet of an unlocked office in a gun-free-zone.

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GetOffMyLawn_ t1_izgz3y3 wrote

How about a gun safe at home? Which is where they're supposed to be stored anyway. And wifey and kid don't have the combo.

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MyNameIsRay t1_izizknj wrote

A youtube tutorial and some patience can get you into basically any safe. It's nothing but a delay to someone with motivation to get inside.

That's why people in this position want them entirely out of reach, or entirely non-functional.

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GetOffMyLawn_ t1_izj2er1 wrote

Exactly. It will deter the casual visitor, or provide some protection in case of a fire, but a thief will have no problems. At least I know where all my important paperwork is.

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juggarjew t1_izf60yd wrote

I agree it was less than ideal, but people do weird stuff when they are under duress. Who knows, I still cant pass judgment on him until I hear both sides. He should have known better though, than to have guns that were illegal according to state law, that might have been part of why he felt the need to handle it on his own terms.

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MyNameIsRay t1_izf86hx wrote

People do do weird stuff under duress, but any responsible gun owner should know the options they have and the laws that apply.

Again, if the concern was a spouse/child doing something dumb with them, you can just pop a part out and disable them fully, and it would be totally legal to store those parts in his office closet.

I can't imagine a single scenario where this would be the only option.

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mushi1996 t1_izf8dvz wrote

Yea but a zip lock back full of harmless firing pins or a duffle fill of barrels is far more practical and safe than storing a bunch of unsecured firearms

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Mental_Cut8290 t1_izf7jun wrote

>Most FFL's will store guns for you.

Like I would ever trust someone with a badge to hold on to something valuable.

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MyNameIsRay t1_izf8j34 wrote

You might want to google what an FFL is and reevaluate your position...

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Mental_Cut8290 t1_izfao3y wrote

Federal firearms license.

What's to reevaluate now?

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MyNameIsRay t1_izfbdww wrote

Why you think they have badges, why you don't trust them.

They're business owners, not federal agents...

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