I am a gun owner, and my ex had, like you, thousands of dollars worth of guns... some he purchased, some he inherited from his father.. it was a lot. We didn't own a gun safe until my son was an adult. I often don't understand some of the laws and regulations put in place when it comes to firearms.
For me, my gun is strictly for protection. If someone was breaking into my house and I had to first get in my safe and then get to my ammo, I may not have the chance to defend myself.
My son learned very early on about gun safety and I never had an issue with him misusing one or anything like that. And I do believe that when it comes to spouses there should be some easier way to allow her access to that. In the scenario, she's already dealing with a huge loss. Put all of those complications about the firearms on top of all the other complications she will already be dealing with and I just see an unpleasant situation in the midst of something already unpleasant.
I sometimes wish that a little common sense would be used when these laws and regulations are being written.
Common sense and gun law here in Australia doesn't seem to belong in the same sentence, paragraph or book...Or legislation.
If I was to go around saying my guns are for protection and it got out there to the authorities I would lose them, plain and simple. That's not a reason the government deem as satisfactory to have firearms here. Retarded, I know. We cannot carry here and as you can see in this post, a handgun under the pillow is against the law. It's a little bit dumb, but I can see the point, what they're trying to do. I just wish they would think it through a little and make safety the concern rather than the driving force behind it being the ability to inhibit firearms owners, make it more difficult to have them. I believe they wish us to be an unarmed population. We'll see if that happens. Unlikely I'd say.
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