If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for a NES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over.
Be sure to enter the NES/MFS May Giveaway ***Canik METE SFX***
What is your question?
Is it Mass Compliant? Who knows? There was recently a case, where a guy was jammed up because the locked containers were "flimsy," and could be pried open.
PRM FTW!!!!
Do you have more info about the flimsy case conviction? That is news to me.
Do you have more info about the flimsy case conviction? That is news to me.
I'm not digging through it either, but I can confirm that the court accepted the argument that because something could be pried open by the cops it wasn't securely locked. That certainly seems to conflict with case law that says a locked cooler is acceptableYou wouldn't happen to know where in that 296 post thread the "flimsy" reference occurs, would you? The linked news story in the first post talks about unlocked cases, an unlocked safe, and leaving the key in a trigger lock.
But I think it safe to assume that the state would like you to have a lock that can't be picked by a two year old with a toothpick. Another words if you have kids buy a safe or container with a real lock on it.
(g) This section shall not apply to premises where no minors reside.
What is your question?
Is it Mass Compliant? Who knows? There was recently a case, where a guy was jammed up because the locked containers were "flimsy," and could be pried open.
PRM FTW!!!!
What is a locked case in Massachusetts ? Who the hell knows ? I'm not even sure the state knows. But I think it safe to assume that the state would like you to have a lock that can't be picked by a two year old with a toothpick. Another words if you have kids buy a safe or container with a real lock on it.
I was wondering if a custom built box, made of plywood and 2x4's, with hinged lid, hasps, and padlocks would be OK.
How does one find this out, other than "the bad way"?
The configuration I'd like is not vertical, but horizontal.
You wouldn't happen to know where in that 296 post thread the "flimsy" reference occurs, would you? The linked news story in the first post talks about unlocked cases, an unlocked safe, and leaving the key in a trigger lock.
Yes, that was stated when the law was passed in 1998, BUT judges have ruled differently over the years to fit their agenda that makes it risky business, as are doors where hinges can be removed, "flimsy locks", etc.I vaguely remember hearing somewhere that even one of those locking guns cabinets with glass fronts were considered to be MA complient storage. Of course, I'm older now and I may have heard wrong
Yes, that was stated when the law was passed in 1998, BUT judges have ruled differently over the years to fit their agenda that makes it risky business, as are doors where hinges can be removed, "flimsy locks", etc.
Yes, that was stated when the law was passed in 1998, BUT judges have ruled differently over the years to fit their agenda that makes it risky business, as are doors where hinges can be removed, "flimsy locks", etc.
Well, we all know that the cable locks that are occasionally handed out by the local PDs are less than impenetrable.....and they MUST be ok, as the cops gave them to you.....
Right? Right?
Well, we all know that the cable locks that are occasionally handed out by the local PDs are less than impenetrable.....and they MUST be ok, as the cops gave them to you.....
Right? Right?
Well, we all know that the cable locks that are occasionally handed out by the local PDs are less than impenetrable.....and they MUST be ok, as the cops gave them to you.....
Right? Right?