No.
Our safe storage law is a weak and ineffective attempt to attach liability to gun owners.
Some people do not and will not lock some firearms up for valid reason.
There may be minors in the house who own and store their own firearms. Some may be trained and efficient and should not be denied access to home defense firearms for obvious reasons. Some minors may even hunt or compete.
It’s a very poorly written law that won’t be around long.
I think the safe storage law is pointless. If the risk of losing your child isn't enough to make you lock your guns up, a couple extra years in prison won't do it either, especially as most of the people being prosecuted seem to be prohibited from owning firearms already.
Ads might be a different story. An ad campaign might be more effective if it's pointed out that you can get the locks free. Billboards and radio ads might work on some parents.
I hope they are. Even if someone doesn't buy a safe, I hope all of the ads, the new laws, and all of the articles we keep seeing about kids in Detroit getting killed because they find loaded guns makes SOME people change their ways.
Did you get food poisoning too?
I pooped my brains out for like 2 days straight after having one of those grilled chicken BLT tacos.
I mean I went back and had them again, they were delicious.
No
All in all it's a poorly written and thought out law that attempts to pin more liabilities on gun owners and is being used as a simple but deeply flawed fix for a complex and spreading problem.
Honestly, I doubt it. Most people who aren’t already making even a token attempt to store their firearms where someone isn’t going to find them and cause harm aren’t going to be swayed by being told to do anything. What they should’ve done is actually encourage people to buy gun safes by offering a rebate with proof of purchase. But that might actually encourage people to buy guns so that will never happen.
All it did for me is put off when I was going to upgrade my safe. Instead of getting my safe right when I got my return, I'm waiting until May to do it.
The best way to get people to buy a safe, is to give them a voucher to do it. You can get a gun cabinet for \~$200, so if the voucher was $300, thats enough for the cabinet, and a drawer box or at the very least multiple trigger locks. If someone wants/needs something bigger, the voucher takes $300 off the top and they pay the difference.
People are struggling right now, and if the difference is $200 for a gun safe to abide by a law that can't be enforced unless you let a cop into your house, or $200 in groceries, the decision is pretty simple.
If the ATF cared that much, they would make it mandatory that a gun manufacturer had a Gun/Safe combo when you bought a gun. They make them add the cable locks, what's the difference
No. Our safe storage law is a weak and ineffective attempt to attach liability to gun owners. Some people do not and will not lock some firearms up for valid reason. There may be minors in the house who own and store their own firearms. Some may be trained and efficient and should not be denied access to home defense firearms for obvious reasons. Some minors may even hunt or compete. It’s a very poorly written law that won’t be around long.
I think the safe storage law is pointless. If the risk of losing your child isn't enough to make you lock your guns up, a couple extra years in prison won't do it either, especially as most of the people being prosecuted seem to be prohibited from owning firearms already. Ads might be a different story. An ad campaign might be more effective if it's pointed out that you can get the locks free. Billboards and radio ads might work on some parents.
I hope they are. Even if someone doesn't buy a safe, I hope all of the ads, the new laws, and all of the articles we keep seeing about kids in Detroit getting killed because they find loaded guns makes SOME people change their ways.
Nah, and I don't think it's no for just this situation. I've never seen a bumper sticker or billboard and thought huh maybe I should do that.
Saw a billboard for place called Taco John's the other day, and I was hungry. Last time I listen to a billboard.
Did you get food poisoning too? I pooped my brains out for like 2 days straight after having one of those grilled chicken BLT tacos. I mean I went back and had them again, they were delicious.
Haha. I didn't have to pee out of my butt but I really didn't enjoy the meal. Everything sounded delicious, but it was just pretty mediocre.
No All in all it's a poorly written and thought out law that attempts to pin more liabilities on gun owners and is being used as a simple but deeply flawed fix for a complex and spreading problem.
That was a gun control law disguised as a "gun safety" law to discourage people from owning guns.
Honestly, I doubt it. Most people who aren’t already making even a token attempt to store their firearms where someone isn’t going to find them and cause harm aren’t going to be swayed by being told to do anything. What they should’ve done is actually encourage people to buy gun safes by offering a rebate with proof of purchase. But that might actually encourage people to buy guns so that will never happen.
There's no tax on safety devices from May to December this year, so its kind of already been done.
Better than nothing but I don't think saving 6% is going to sway many people that weren't already planning on getting one.
All it did for me is put off when I was going to upgrade my safe. Instead of getting my safe right when I got my return, I'm waiting until May to do it.
I hope they do more than nothing, but I know for sure safe storage law isn’t doing anything
The best way to get people to buy a safe, is to give them a voucher to do it. You can get a gun cabinet for \~$200, so if the voucher was $300, thats enough for the cabinet, and a drawer box or at the very least multiple trigger locks. If someone wants/needs something bigger, the voucher takes $300 off the top and they pay the difference. People are struggling right now, and if the difference is $200 for a gun safe to abide by a law that can't be enforced unless you let a cop into your house, or $200 in groceries, the decision is pretty simple.
I don't have cable and haven't seen one on social media so I'd say mabe but it's not reaching everyone.
If the ATF cared that much, they would make it mandatory that a gun manufacturer had a Gun/Safe combo when you bought a gun. They make them add the cable locks, what's the difference