I'm still leaning more towards the gun safe in a room with other uses idea, since collecting and shooting guns was more of a hobby than obsession.
A study makes sense, then. Is it rifles or hand guns? Some gun safes are the size of refrigerators.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2005 3:08:27 pm PDT #4308 of 10001
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Kalshane - Sep 23, 2005 3:09:42 pm PDT #4309 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
It would be a mix. ETA: Mostly hand guns, though.
Susan W. - Sep 23, 2005 3:11:13 pm PDT #4310 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Bearing in mind that A) my family was far from wealthy, and B) I know damn well this wouldn't be considered safe gun storage and plan something more secure if/when I start my reproduction 18th-19th century gun collection, my dad kept his guns in the master bedroom closet, unloaded, with the ammunition on the shelf above, which at least was well out of a small child's reach.
Your character's house would probably be somewhere between "English great house with designated gun room" and "blue collar rural Southern good ol' boy."
deborah grabien - Sep 23, 2005 3:37:32 pm PDT #4311 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Susan, I'm thinking the "guns locked in a nice walk-in closet in the study" is probably right around the midway point.
dcp - Sep 23, 2005 3:43:37 pm PDT #4312 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Another possibility is to put the gun safe in the garage or his workshop, with the other cabinets of tools.
On the extreme end of the scale, he could do like B. W. Edwards and get a museum to keep his collection for him: [link]
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Kalshane - Sep 23, 2005 4:03:41 pm PDT #4313 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Okay. Thanks, all. Sounds like I was pretty much on the right track.
On the extreme end of the scale, he could do like B. W. Edwards and get a museum to keep his collection for him:
Yeah, that is just a tad bigger a collection than I was aiming for.
Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2005 4:22:11 pm PDT #4314 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Speaking of guns, I have a an honest-to-gosh question about a book I'm working on.
I have a backwoods Grizzley-Adams kinda guy who goes into town once a month for supplies. This is modern day. He carries a gun, and it needs to be in plain sight. Where in the US would it be legal to carry a sidearm in plain sight? Or a rifle, which he also has?
Not because this guy gives a crap about the law, I just don't want any complications with the legalities.
Ginger - Sep 23, 2005 4:26:49 pm PDT #4315 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As long as it's a legally registered gun, in pretty much any state. Carry restrictions usually are concerned with concealed weapons.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2005 4:27:25 pm PDT #4316 of 10001
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Huh. Possibly parts of Colorado and Utah, or maybe Nevada. There are places where technically you can carry a gun openly because the law doesn't explicitly state you can't (ie, requiring a permit to carry a concealed weapon but not saying ones is required for a visible one), but it would most likely be a local ordinance. In most places, though it's technically legal, people would make a fuss.
Kalshane - Sep 23, 2005 6:58:56 pm PDT #4317 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Okay, Chapter 13 is done. 49,500 words total so far. Unfortunately, on reading over the chapter, one of the scenes feels like it might be better served as a "this happens" paragraph. I was trying to poke fun at how in TV/Movies the Internet has the magical ability to answer all your questions instantaneously, but actually writing about somebody doing a web search is not so much with exciting, even with a couple jokes to try and liven it up.