Firearms

If someone is prohibited from possessing a gun due to having a protection order against them or due to being a convicted felon, and there is a gun that is readily available to them in the home where they are living, the fact that it ‘belongs’ to someone else in the home may not matter. The fact that the restricted person has access to the gun could be the important part to the authorities. However, if the firearm is in a locked safe and the restricted person does not have access to the code or to the key, perhaps this could be considered by the authorities? Honestly, I can’t say for sure. I imagine that it may be hard to prove that the restricted person doesn’t know the code to the locked safe or can’t access the key. I am not exactly sure how STATE police or federal authorities would handle this. Perhaps you can talk to a criminal defense lawyer [LINK TO FINDING A LAWYER] or you can contact your local police precinct anonymously or perhaps you may want to call the federal authorities, ATF (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms), to ask if this would be a violation of federal law through an anonymous inquiry.