Littleton enacts state's first 'safe storage' law for gun dealers

[Martinjmpr]

I am VERY pro gun and a store that shows off there stuff, then doesn't secure them, and cries when they get broken into has nobody to blame but themselves.

While I don't like seeing more .gov controls that really shouldn't be necessary, I have never understood the gun stores that have some form of bars on the windows, a basic glass case, and an alarm.

That's an awful lot of risk in the form of inventory, liability, etc to not lock up a known desirable commodity.

I'm generally against more government regulations but I don't understand gun stores that employ shoddy security practices. Setting up an attractive target where thieves can make off with dozens of firearms in a matter of minutes endangers the rest of the community. I doubt any of us/you who may have firearms have big signs advertising that fact or leave them out overnight in unattended displays easily seen from streetside windows.

Yes, how many times did the gun store by SW Plaza get hit before they finally started locking up their guns?

It's fine to wave the "me no like gummint!" flag but when you are engaging in practices that put guns into the hands of criminals, you're pretty much asking for government intervention.

My question would be...why are they not requiring the same of police officers who regularly have patrol vehicles broken into and firearms stolen out of?

How many cop's guns have been stolen out of their vehicles in Littleton in the last 4 years?

I don't have the figures but I'm fairly certain it's less than 144.

[funkymonkey1111]

How many cop's guns have been stolen out of their vehicles in Littleton in the last 4 years?

I don't have the figures but I'm fairly certain it's less than 144.

not related to Littleton, but some numbers on guns stolen from the fuzz:

https://www.thetrace.org/2018/11/los...n-police-guns/

[mjzman]

I don't know, but suspect that most of the stores are leased spaces. Might there be restrictions about the amount of modifications that a lessee can do? Installing bars and gates, etc. might be deemed detrimental to the value of the property.

[eddiememphis]

I don't know, but suspect that most of the stores are leased spaces. Might there be restrictions about the amount of modifications that a lessee can do? Installing bars and gates, etc. might be deemed detrimental to the value of the property.

Unlikely. Most liquor stores and pawn shops have bars or gates.

[Irving]

Maybe we need safe storage laws for criminals.

[newracer]

I am surprised that insurance companies don't require such protection.

[O2HeN2]

...unfortunately that's the nose.

Steps two, three and infinitum is to expand and toughen up the requirements so it's prohibitively expensive.

O2

[buffalobo]

Maybe we need safe storage laws for criminals.

We got it, called jail.

[RblDiver]

We got it, called jail.

Except for all these DAs releasing everyone...

[Eric P]

Just more overhead costs added to the hobby...

More meaningless laws to punish law abiding gun owners.