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Should You Display Your Collectible Firearms?

I've talked about this before but I seem to have incredibly bad luck in this department.

I don't wear anything with a logo on it in public except my Cabela's hat and even then every so often some wants to ask me about Fishing.
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My wife bought this at a Goodwill a couple of years ago. It's a nice hoodie and it's warm but I can't wear it outside of my home without some random stranger trying to talk to me about Alaska or the beer on my shirt. I don't wear it out any more.

Second thing.

We've lived in this apartment for 11 years. We moved in on a Saturday morning. The first thing off the truck was our gunsafe and we got it upstairs without anybody seeing it.

I retired 3 years ago. The property manager and all but 2 of our neighbors who even knew I was a security guard or ever saw me in my uniform have transferred or moved out.

There's no reason for our neighbors to even suspect we own guns or have any interest in them
 
Old_Me said:
word of mouth perhaps..??

talking to neighbors, people walking on by listening, maybe seeing people walk out of the house with a gun/rifle bag..??

maybe watching the neighborhood for deliveries, walking up to that front porch and just reading the labels?

leaving USB charging cables visible on the front seat, GPS on the windshield...anything that there is something inside?

leaving doors unlocked?

or just dumb luck on the criminals side to find them..??
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Criminals mostly are opportunists.
Unlocked cars, open garage doors, windows, etc etc..

We had some young punks just walk thru the hood pulling door handles late one night. If memory serves, about 2 dozen neighbors stated their cars were broken into on one night. Granted we have like 25 streets in my hood. Shows how careless folks are. Thieves were on prob 35 Ring cameras in the hood. Cops had plenty of pics to use to see who they were.
 
Hi,

bangnburp said:
Jesus the libs have made paranoid cowards out of a lot of good folks.
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I suppose one could look at it that way.

Or...

One might not want to have a target on their back that could be used by those who want to abuse "red flag" laws in their area.

Or...

One might not want to intimidate their friends and neighbors, or make them feel uncomfortable.

Or...

One might not want to give the bad guys an excuse to single you out for intimidation, or let them know you can defend yourself if necessary.

Or...

One might not want to scream to the neighborhood, "Hey! I've got lots of guns and ammo you can steal while I'm away from home!"

And please don't use the Lord's name in vain. ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Bassbob said:
So it’s cowardly not to announce to the public at large there are valuable firearms in your house or car ? That might be the dumbest thing I’ve read today and I browsed MSN this morning. 😉
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An antique hanging on the wall is not uncommon in the Midwest. Displaying a nickel-plated Colt Commander in a car on the other hand IS idiotic.
 
bangnburp said:
An antique hanging on the wall is not uncommon in the Midwest. Displaying a nickel-plated Colt Commander in a car on the other hand IS idiotic.
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Sure. I’m not sure anyone here is actually talking about an old antique hanging on a wall but, potato potahto.

Me personally it doesn’t have anything to do with liberals. If I want to show someone a gun I show it to them. People I don’t know or have a vested interest in I would just as soon they don’t know anything about me.


I don’t show off my guitars and basses either. They’re tucked away in hard shell cases in a humidity controlled closet. With a locking doorknob.
 
I think a lot of the negative comments are coming from firearm accumulators rather than collectors. If you have a historical significant collection, it is pretty much wasted if it is not shared. From my experience, hidden collections are more often stollen than public collections. Even when museums are robbed, it is most often an inside job. An unknow collection can be stollen and marketed long before the alarm is raised. A well known collection is almost impossible to liquidate. One identified firearm traced back to the source is all it takes. My collection is out on display at all times. It is housed in a very large gun safe made of two shipping containers with finished interior, security systems and climate control. There was a time that I would transfer all the firearms to safes inside the containers when I would be away from the place for an extended time, but it did not take much time to notice handling damage adding up from the movement. A little extra security measurements and removing the gun safes gave me more display space and there has been no more handling damage to artifacts. The past couple of years while dealing with cancer treatments, the number of people through the collection has been less than 100, but normally, between school groups and scout packs, I will have that many people through in months with as many a 30 people in the display area at a single time. The collection is waisted if it is not shared. If someone tries to steal from this collection, even if they made it off the property, it would be impossible for them to sell anything without being found out. On the other side of the coin, I have known of private collections that were prime for theft, with little worry of getting caught as the "collector" did not feel it was important to photograph and record serial numbers of the fire arms, remember that a record of a Luger serial number 5678 is of no value for identifying a stollen fire arm as there were hundreds if not thousands of Lugers with that serial number.
 
Gus B said:
I think a lot of the negative comments are coming from firearm accumulators rather than collectors. If you have a historical significant collection, it is pretty much wasted if it is not shared. From my experience, hidden collections are more often stollen than public collections. Even when museums are robbed, it is most often an inside job. An unknow collection can be stollen and marketed long before the alarm is raised. A well known collection is almost impossible to liquidate. One identified firearm traced back to the source is all it takes. My collection is out on display at all times. It is housed in a very large gun safe made of two shipping containers with finished interior, security systems and climate control. There was a time that I would transfer all the firearms to safes inside the containers when I would be away from the place for an extended time, but it did not take much time to notice handling damage adding up from the movement. A little extra security measurements and removing the gun safes gave me more display space and there has been no more handling damage to artifacts. The past couple of years while dealing with cancer treatments, the number of people through the collection has been less than 100, but normally, between school groups and scout packs, I will have that many people through in months with as many a 30 people in the display area at a single time. The collection is waisted if it is not shared. If someone tries to steal from this collection, even if they made it off the property, it would be impossible for them to sell anything without being found out. On the other side of the coin, I have known of private collections that were prime for theft, with little worry of getting caught as the "collector" did not feel it was important to photograph and record serial numbers of the fire arms, remember that a record of a Luger serial number 5678 is of no value for identifying a stollen fire arm as there were hundreds if not thousands of Lugers with that serial number.
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Ok @BET7 .
That you?
 
Nope. I don't display guns and I don't put pro-gun stickers or signs on my vehicle or my house. What's more, I don't even talk about guns with people who don't know me well enough to know I have any guns.
The less others know, the better.
 
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