Apartment Manager Freak-out

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So today, I got home from work and my apartment manager came up (it's getting to be time to renew my contract). I had my M500 disassembled on the couch watching the news. She caught a glimpse of it and promptly backpedeled, protesting that firearms weren't allowed in these apartments and that I had to keep them on-post. I calmly challenged this assertion (nothing about firearms in the contract) and she changed her story that I was required to register all weapons and could not keep them in the apartment due to an unspecified incident at another complex. Now, I confirmed that I can possess and store firearms in these apartments with my contract, and in all fairness, she was quite amicable when I corrected her. That being said, she openly admitted a fear of firearms for no reason and informed me that she isn't comfortable with them.

I could care less, my firearms are here for my peace of mind and my wife's.
 
Do you often leave guns lying around in plain sight when people come in to visit?
 
Considering that i live on the second floor and had the exterior door open while I cleaned my shotgun and watched the news, yes, I do occasionally leave my weapons in plain sight. I know, sue me.
 
Is it common practice to hide firearms from view in ones own home? Please educate me by all means. But i often have firearms in plain view at my home. Specifically before or after shooting. Or during cleaning. I dont feel the need to jumble about rapidly and hide thing inside my home as if ive commited some kind of crime because i have an unexpected visitor.

Is there a law or common practice that one must hide firearms?
 
chevyman097 said:
Is it common practice to hide firearms from view in ones own home? Please educate me by all means. But i often have firearms in plain view at my home. Specifically before or after shooting. Or during cleaning. I dont feel the need to jumble about rapidly and hide thing inside my home as if ive commited some kind of crime because i have an unexpected visitor.

Is there a law or common practice that one must hide firearms?
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Uhh come on man.. for real?

There a big difference between having to "hide them" from everyone, and having your damn front door open for the whole world to see as they pass by! Trust me, I'm the last person who would hide their firearms from anyone, but it's common sense not to invite more BS into your life than is needed. Espeically when it comes to the Boss of your place. Throw a towel over your boom-stick, put the bong in the closet, tell the naked hookers to go to the bedroom for a few mins..
 
Why don't you and the wife invite her out for a shooting session? You never know, you may gain a convert.
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Sounds like a great plan.
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Calculated chances of success based on initial reaction: 5% or less.

Without knowing her, I say she's likely to forget about them if you don't bring it up. Possibly not, and then it will become one of those don't ask don't tell situations. Watch your next lease carefully tho. If you still want to try it, have your wife initiate the attempt.
 
boatme99 said:
Why don't you and the wife invite her out for a shooting session?
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Rocketmedic said:
Considering that i live on the second floor and had the exterior door open while I cleaned my shotgun and watched the news, yes, I do occasionally leave my weapons in plain sight. I know, sue me.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and post my assumption that Rocketmedic is single. :)

I'd give the manager time to forget about it as well. Do read the lease before signing the next one.

On edit: Sorry about that single bit. He mentioned having a wife....
 
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To each their own. Clean your guns in your apartment in the open whenever you like. And the landlady can keep her fear. Thank God this country is big enough for us all. There is only a problem when we forget that.
 
Is there a law or common practice that one must hide firearms?
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Not necessarily a law...call it a "best practice", or "common sense"...especially living in an apartment. It's also known as "maintaining a low profile" or not "advertising".

That is, unless you like the idea of coming home one day and finding your apartment burglarized, and your guns gone. It happens...do some reading around. Where do you think all those "illegal" guns that Mayors Bloomberg, Daley, et al rail about come from? You guessed it, stolen from good law abiding citizens, many of whom are not terribly discreet or cautious.

Certain items suchs as cash, coin collections, guns, etc, are very attractive to every brand of thief from petty to grand. The stupidest teenager can get money for any of these items, and knows it.

Yeah, I know, it sucks, and that's what insurance is for, but do you really need that drama?
 
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I never invite anyone in unless they are a close friend that I trust. Even a landlord would be greeted at the door with me closing the door behind me.

I don't feel the need to hide things in my own personal space because I am very selective on who I allow in it.

Saves a lot of headaches that way.
 
meh... when I lived in an apt, I re-welded Yugo M64s on my back patio, directly across from the mgt. office, well within full view of the mgt staff. They always smiled and waved any time I was on the back porch with the welder... :D
 
If someone decides to drop by while i'm in the middle of tearing something apart of cleaning some thing I really can't see myself going to great extremes to hide what i'm doing. Especially if you've read your lease. Why make guns a big deal.....I gotta hide everything cuz I have guns and somebody might find out???? If folks get over their paranoia of guns things may get back to where this country should be. Working on a gun is no different than working on a computer, car or whatever! If you feel need to hide your activities, maybe those activities aren't for you.
 
I live in a townhouse, and I often clean my guns on my porch. The wife hates the smell of gun cleaner, and it seems to linger for days, even if I clean them in the basement.
 
You might ask her, as a favor for you and the neighbors, who she told about it.

Maybe just two or three people, who then mentioned it around people who are into drugs?
 
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Maybe just two or three people, who then mentioned it around people who are into drugs?
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Bingo.

I know it's a civil right and all that, but I'm pretty careful about who knows about my firearms. People can't help talking... it's the old "I know something you don't know" syndrome --AKA gossip.

Beyond N = 1, secrets spread exponentially, so keep N = 1.

Two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty two....

Would you have counted your 24 Troy ounces of gold on your couch with the door open?

Terry, 230RN
 
To all making sarcastic comments about the right to legally leave guns laying about in plain sight please re-read my comment. I said "When people come to visit." Of course I also often have guns out. But if someone other than a relative or close friend comes in I stash them for a number of reasons that really should not required explanation.

Sometimes I wonder about the maturity level around here...
 
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