My college's spring break is starting soon and I will be going out of town. I currently live off campus in an apartment where I do not have a safe. I do have a lockbox type thing, but I don't think it is by any means impregnable. A pest control crew will be in my apartment while I am gone, so I am worried about leaving the gun in my apartment. I will be flying out of a bigger city and parking my car in the long-term lot there. My car does not have a locking glove compartment or any real spot where I can safely store the firearm, but I was thinking of using the chamber lock to bolt it to the frame.
Check with your local gun store, see if they will store it or if they offer a cleaning service drop it off and pick it up when you return. You get a nice clean gun back.
This. An added benefit of flying with your pistol is that you can secure your luggage in such a way that the TSA can't get in to it without your presence.
Then only time I went on spring break, I carried my gun. While I was out of the country before, I've handcuffed my gun to my seat frame in the airport parking lot as that was my only option.
Taking it with me is not an option. I checked at the gun store, and they want me to do this tricky thing with a loan. They want me to borrow $20 dollars and put the gun down as collateral. Then come back after my trip, pay back the $20 I borrowed plus $4 interest, and they'll give me my gun back. Does this sound like a good idea to you?
Is the FFL a pawnbroker? If so, that's probably a good idea. If not, don't do it. Also you'll have to fill out a 4473 when you pick it up and I'm guessing that's free in Texas.
Well, I'm leaving tomorrow and I have my solution all set. I'm not going to worry about the loan thing because there is significant potential for disaster. I'm not going to do a safety deposit box because I have heard that they'll just call your box "abandoned" and crack it open. I also don't have time to go buy a safe (I leave tomorrow).
Instead, I am going to lock the gun around the bracket of one of the front seats. It makes it invisible from the outside, and even if some punk makes it into my car he won't find it. In the unlikely event that it is found, it will be impossible to get off without cutting steel or taking out the seat.
Assuming the gun is legal and allowed in the room you are living in, I would walk it in to the local PD, Sheriff or even the Campus PD, UNLOADED, and ask them to lock it up for safe keeping while you are out of town. Get a receipt and don't loose it.
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