Diddlydee comments on No criminal charges over British woman shot in US during a holiday

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Sounds like those weren't appropriate measures if someone can get round them so easily.

When I had a shotgun license, my shotgun was in a locked gun cabinet inside a locked room. The cartridges were in a separate locked case out of sight in another room, and I had the only keys for all 3 locks, all of which were on my keychain which was on my person at all times.

When I didn't have them on me, they'd be in the hidden space behind the hinged piece of skirting board behind my bed.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago

However, when it comes to criminal charges, they do have to draw a line where "accidents happen"

You may also need to have a gun be reasonably accessible for self defence in an emergency.

I'm not picking sides by the way, but I'm just sort of reckoning how something like this could happen with no charges.

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

When I didn't have them on me, they'd be in the hidden space behind the hinged piece of skirting board behind my bed.

So even you here admit to losing positive confirmation of the location of the keys to your gun / ammo.

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Hardly. I'd be asleep and they'd be in the hidden space behind the bed that I was lying in. The location was exactly where I left them and no one could get them without moving me, moving the bed, and knowing about my hiding place.