Thread: Gun Safe Rules - Advice

Hi Everyone,

I'm after some advice if possible... I bought my first gun safe which is big enough to hold two standard sized rifles. It doesn't have a separate lockable compartment for ammo (I bought it prior to Christmas so funds were limited). I have various questions that I am assuming the person coming to vet me and the safe, hopefully next month, will want to check.

Does the safe have to be within the house, i.e. within the walls of the main house? The reason I ask is that I have a 'sort of' basement which has a lockable door. I figured that would be a good place but not sure whether it need to be in the actual house?

Does it need to be attached to a stud/joist? If so has anyone got any advice on the best way to do this?

As the safe is just one compartment, does anyone have any advice on how best to store everything? I figured I would inform the person vetting me that my plan is to store the firearm and ammo in the safe and the bolt elsewhere. Does that work?

I'd like to align as closely to the rules as the person vetting me will see them (although I imagine they will all have different opinions on various things) so I can get my FAL as soon as.

Any advice/suggestions appreciated as always!

Cheers

Matt