Who displays their guns in their home? - Page 3

PzGren · February 9, 2017, 12:29 AM

Some guns, yes, but not firearms. I have muzzleloaders, a cap 'n ball revolver, British Wilskinson swords, and a couple of handmade boar hunting spears out on display in my office.

Despite an alarm linked to a security company, I have my firearms well secured in some better safes. Heck, even the accessories are in a couple of safes. My dozen Swiss P210 mags would be too hard to replace!

PatientWolf · February 9, 2017, 06:46 AM

Not even to my wife.

rebs · February 9, 2017, 07:38 AM

Back in the day you could have a gun cabinet with a glass door but no longer. In todays world everything needs to be hidden and locked up

wild cat mccane · February 9, 2017, 08:37 AM

The "good ol' days" didn't include 24/7 news that included local news at national levels.

Kids still killed themselves and other kids by accident in the "good ol' days" from people not securing their guns.

Brian48 · February 9, 2017, 05:33 PM

I don't. Same for anything else in the house of high value. Way to inviting to unwelcomed (and maybe even welcomed) visitors.

Rockrivr1 · February 9, 2017, 07:31 PM

Not in MA. If seen you'll be charged with improper storage, lose your license and they will confiscate all your firearms with no recourse.

sgms · February 9, 2017, 07:54 PM

Yes ricklin, the house was build post WW2, the room was added sometime after the original house and was built (had the original blue prints) and buried under the back yard with a short hall. The door appeared to be newer than that. I loved having a gun display room, wish I could find another like it someday.

osbornk · February 10, 2017, 06:09 PM

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Back in the day you could have a gun cabinet with a glass door but no longer. In todays world everything needs to be hidden and locked up

Sometimes it's good to live in the sticks in the mountains where we are about 30 years behind the rest of the country. My long guns are locked in a nice wormy chestnut cabinet with a glass door sitting in my den where only family and special friends go.

dajowi · February 13, 2017, 04:46 PM

No displayed guns, no displayed NRA stickers, no displayed trophies, no displayed anything that alludes to firearms.

Having mounted trophies in your house is a dead giveaway that you have firearms. I know people who keep the shades on their house closed fearing someone walking by will see the trophies and rob the place.

SauerGrapes · February 14, 2017, 07:19 PM

Use to when I was younger. Paranoia set in. If I had a nice den, I would consider it.

OS11085 · February 15, 2017, 07:44 AM

Don't display any of mine. Friends know I have them most of my friends also have guns. Here my wife watches little kids and she doesn't want to temp them One is a boy who is infatuated with guns uses his legos to make toy guns. So the rule here is lock them up or get rid of them. Getting rid of them is NOT going to happen. So they are out of sight.

TailGator · February 15, 2017, 11:25 AM

My man cave is decorated with reproductions of old tin signs, some of them firearm related, and my reloading press is in plain view. The guns themselves are locked up out of sight, though. I remember the glass front cabinets, though, and I remember kids having .22s in wood racks on their bedroom walls. It just doesn't seem to be done much any more. I was in one older fellow's home, though, who had quite a few black powder revolvers and rifles on the walls, some reproductions and some antiques.

22-rimfire · February 15, 2017, 07:22 PM

If you didn't know it already, you would never know that I owned a single firearm. No displays. No safe in the living room...

FairWarning · February 17, 2017, 12:27 PM

I don't even display mine much on the internetz any more....

OneFreeTexan · February 20, 2017, 10:23 PM

One of my grandfathers build a new house in the 'country'. He was from Chicago and had been "connected". In his house there was a large room at least to me, where he played cards, It was all concrete and the door was inside a closet inside a closet.
Another friend only displays guns that are 'pure crap' under the theory that the burgles will take those and be satisfied.

Where I live now, I have a small plot of land inside a much larger land holding, that employees a security guard 24/7.

Also, some of you put too much information out there,, where you work, where your wife works, do you have dogs, what days you are gone... I guess it has never happened , however a smart burglar,,,,,,is there such a thing....could have a field day with the info he picks up here.

jetinteriorguy · February 22, 2017, 04:45 AM

I would only display mine if someone breaks into my house.

February 9, 2017, 12:29 AM	#51
PzGren Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2001 Posts: 1,258	Who displays their guns in their home? Some guns, yes, but not firearms. I have muzzleloaders, a cap 'n ball revolver, British Wilskinson swords, and a couple of handmade boar hunting spears out on display in my office. Despite an alarm linked to a security company, I have my firearms well secured in some better safes. Heck, even the accessories are in a couple of safes. My dozen Swiss P210 mags would be too hard to replace!

February 9, 2017, 06:46 AM	#52
PatientWolf Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Location: NC Posts: 946	Nope Not even to my wife.

February 9, 2017, 05:33 PM	#55
Brian48 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2001 Location: Boston, People's Republic of MA Posts: 1,616	I don't. Same for anything else in the house of high value. Way to inviting to unwelcomed (and maybe even welcomed) visitors. __________________ Proud to have served.

February 14, 2017, 07:19 PM	#60
SauerGrapes Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2009 Location: S.E.PA. Posts: 920	Use to when I was younger. Paranoia set in. If I had a nice den, I would consider it. __________________ NRA member, DCF&S member, PAFOA member, USPSA member, NSCA member R.I.P.____Murphy

February 17, 2017, 12:27 PM	#64
FairWarning Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: GA Posts: 1,149	I don't even display mine much on the internetz any more.... __________________ Mauser Werke, Schmidt-Rubin, Colt, Walther, HK, Weatherby, Sig Sauer, Browning, Ruger, Beretta, etc, etc....a few friends of mine

February 9, 2017, 07:38 AM	#53
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	Back in the day you could have a gun cabinet with a glass door but no longer. In todays world everything needs to be hidden and locked up

February 9, 2017, 08:37 AM	#54
wild cat mccane Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 3,622	The "good ol' days" didn't include 24/7 news that included local news at national levels. Kids still killed themselves and other kids by accident in the "good ol' days" from people not securing their guns.

February 9, 2017, 07:31 PM	#56
Rockrivr1 Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 271	Not in MA. If seen you'll be charged with improper storage, lose your license and they will confiscate all your firearms with no recourse.

February 9, 2017, 07:54 PM	#57
sgms Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2010 Location: Arizona or Ohio depending Posts: 1,021	Yes ricklin, the house was build post WW2, the room was added sometime after the original house and was built (had the original blue prints) and buried under the back yard with a short hall. The door appeared to be newer than that. I loved having a gun display room, wish I could find another like it someday.

February 13, 2017, 04:46 PM	#59
dajowi Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2005 Posts: 1,196	No displayed guns, no displayed NRA stickers, no displayed trophies, no displayed anything that alludes to firearms. Having mounted trophies in your house is a dead giveaway that you have firearms. I know people who keep the shades on their house closed fearing someone walking by will see the trophies and rob the place.

February 15, 2017, 07:44 AM	#61
OS11085 Member Join Date: July 4, 2016 Location: Sebastian Fl. Posts: 49	Don't display any of mine. Friends know I have them most of my friends also have guns. Here my wife watches little kids and she doesn't want to temp them One is a boy who is infatuated with guns uses his legos to make toy guns. So the rule here is lock them up or get rid of them. Getting rid of them is NOT going to happen. So they are out of sight.

February 15, 2017, 11:25 AM	#62
TailGator Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 3,787	My man cave is decorated with reproductions of old tin signs, some of them firearm related, and my reloading press is in plain view. The guns themselves are locked up out of sight, though. I remember the glass front cabinets, though, and I remember kids having .22s in wood racks on their bedroom walls. It just doesn't seem to be done much any more. I was in one older fellow's home, though, who had quite a few black powder revolvers and rifles on the walls, some reproductions and some antiques.

February 15, 2017, 07:22 PM	#63
22-rimfire Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,323	If you didn't know it already, you would never know that I owned a single firearm. No displays. No safe in the living room...

February 20, 2017, 10:23 PM	#65
OneFreeTexan Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: West, Texas Posts: 280	wow One of my grandfathers build a new house in the 'country'. He was from Chicago and had been "connected". In his house there was a large room at least to me, where he played cards, It was all concrete and the door was inside a closet inside a closet. Another friend only displays guns that are 'pure crap' under the theory that the burgles will take those and be satisfied. Where I live now, I have a small plot of land inside a much larger land holding, that employees a security guard 24/7. Also, some of you put too much information out there,, where you work, where your wife works, do you have dogs, what days you are gone... I guess it has never happened , however a smart burglar,,,,,,is there such a thing....could have a field day with the info he picks up here.

February 22, 2017, 04:45 AM	#66
jetinteriorguy Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2013 Posts: 3,170	I would only display mine if someone breaks into my house.

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