Thread: surrender your FAL

Originally Posted by schwen

Talking to the son of a friend last night over dinner. He registered a change of address as required (has a FAL but no guns). Apparently, as he was moving into a rental apartment in which he could not install a gun safe he was asked to surrender his licence or face arrest.

Apparently the new law changes require FAL holders to have secure storage, and without it, you don't have the right to hold the licence. Sort of makes sense, but seems OTT.

I don't think this is anything new. If you have an FAL you can at any moment acquire a firearm. Therefore you must have a mechanism for safely securing it. While that does not encompass the question of how many firearms you may need storage for, showing security for even one at least shows you understand the responsibility of an FAL holder, I guess. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think secure storage for at least one firearm has always been required..