Random questions about wall-hangers...

[WhatsGood]

I always see people referring to guns they don't game with as wall hangers but I'm wondering, how many of you guys ACTUALLY hang your guns on walls? Its not something I would do(barring the fact I don't live on my own) and seems kinda foreign to me. Just wondering. And anyone have pics of their wallhung(sp) guns?

Thanks!

[Styrak]

Some people do it with real steel too!

[Shirley]

There's a thread of 'post your armoury' in the media section.

It's cool to hang it.

Not cool to hang it when you have kids, or girlfriend/wife who grabs it and smashes it when they're mad.

[Rugger_can]

I have in the past.

[Sha Do]

The only thing that really stops most people from hanging them on walls is that it's dangerous to have them exposed to "out side viewers". Guys who do hang them up tend to do it in their basements, working offices, or in display cases away from windows where people won't be calling in the police.
Also note that even when on display they must be treated as if they are real.....so trigger locks, cases locked (or the guns must be attached by some type of locking mechanism) and so on, just in case the police ever do show up at your door.

SHA DO

[WhatsGood]

I see. thanks for the answers guys.

[voorhees -FWA-]

I have mine hanging in my living room... Except when I take them out to game haha!

[Mentosice]

I hang my airsoft on the wall but its in a closed room and theres no wway people can see them from the outside + i live in a small 1500 pop town.

[Jbone 11 11]

Sha Do... is that current regs on having airsoft in the house, or just precautionary measures? I ask because I am not in Canada at the moment and will eventually be back, bringing what ever I can with me.
I hang my AEG's... but in the gear room. Bought some modular metal IKEA shelving that works like a charm!
Hanging them in your living room seems a bit Red-Neckish (no offence to our redneck brethren out there!) and kinda on the "askin' for it" side... neighbours are by their very nature, a nosey bunch....

[coach]

Originally Posted by Jbone 11 11

Sha Do... is that current regs on having airsoft in the house, or just precautionary measures?

No rule or law states this for replicas but it's common sense for people to treat them as real. Some don't put locks on. Many do and or keep them in locked cases.

Just think, if there was an emergency and police, fire, and or paramedics rushed into a house with unsecured, real looking replica, weapons laying around, what's their first impression and what do you think they would do next?

[The Lettonian]

Originally Posted by Jbone 11 11

I ask because I am not in Canada at the moment and will eventually be back, bringing what ever I can with me.
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You DO know you're not likely to get anything worth hanging on a wally across the border, right? For your sake I hope you mean gear and such...be kinda weird to hang your tac vest on the wall, though O_o

[venture]

Here is my wall and gun doctoring area. These are older pics, I'll get some new ones up soon. Pardon the mess, it's a constant struggle:

[Gunk]

Originally Posted by FNG_13

You DO know you're not likely to get anything worth hanging on a wally across the border, right? For your sake I hope you mean gear and such...be kinda weird to hang your tac vest on the wall, though O_o

Some people use sewing dummies/manniquens and such for gear. I've actually thought about getting something like that for my stuff, keep it in the corner and stand guard over my PS3 or something.

I remember seeing a lifesize Boba Fett cutout being used to hold a vest... or it could have been a Princess Leia...

[Kid]

Originally Posted by coachster

No rule or law states this for replicas but it's common sense for people to treat them as real. Some don't put locks on. Many do and or keep them in locked cases.

Just think, if there was an emergency and police, fire, and or paramedics rushed into a house with unsecured, real looking replica, weapons laying around, what's their first impression and what do you think they would do next?

I can understand keeping them in a locked case... but if you're going to hang them on the wall (which I don't think is a good idea), there isn't any use in putting a trigger lock on it. Just take out the battery and empty the mag.

Having a trigger lock on a replica gun would just make it more difficult to explain, should a problem arise. Taking the battery out and storing it separately will render the gun just as safe.

If a stranger came into your house and saw what they believed to be a prohibited weapon hanging on your wall - regardless of whether it is trigger locked or not - you're going to have some explaining to do.

[coach]

Originally Posted by Kid

I can understand keeping them in a locked case... but if you're going to hang them on the wall (which I don't think is a good idea), there isn't any use in putting a trigger lock on it. Just take out the battery and empty the mag.

Having a trigger lock on a replica gun would just make it more difficult to explain, should a problem arise. Taking the battery out and storing it separately will render the gun just as safe.

If a stranger came into your house and saw what they believed to be a prohibited weapon hanging on your wall - regardless of whether it is trigger locked or not - you're going to have some explaining to do.

it would be 100% easier to explain to the police if you had trigger locks on everything displayed. it's not just that taking the battery out is as safe rather a trigger lock makes the appearance of it being safe. IMO, it's easier to explain with the locks on.

put it this way. if you have a RS rifle and it's identical airsoft replica side by side hanging on the wall, would you only lock one? a stranger coming into your place would see the RS with a lock and the replica without. it would appear that one is safe and the other isn't. would that stranger immediately know that the replica is a replica if they looked similar? IMO, no.

you can do as you wish as it's not required to lock up your airsoft.