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Ammunition must be kept in a location where it is not available for loading the firearm, unless both the firearm and its ammunition are securely locked up.

Keep your ammunition in a locked safe that is separate from your gun safe. Storing your ammunition away from your guns will lower the risk of your child or other family members putting the ammunition into the gun. Put a different lock on each gun. Store the keys out of reach of your child and other family members.

Newer percussion cap long guns are classified as non-restricted firearms. Newer handguns, including matchlock, wheel lock and flintlock handguns made after 1898 are classified as restricted if their barrel length is over 105 mm (about 4 inches), or prohibited if their barrel length is 105 mm or less.

Ammo cans can be a great way to keep your ammo organized, stacked, and dry. However, ammo cans are not the only way to do so. Tupperware-type containers, plastic food-storage buckets, and gallon zip-top bags can be excellent and inexpensive ways to keep your ammunition sealed away from moisture.

Safe storage laws require guns to be stored locked and unloaded when any person prohibited from possessing a gun is present in the gun owner's home, including convicted felons, those convicted of domestic violence, and those with certain mental health conditions.

For safe fire protection, ammunition should be stored separately from guns. In the chaotic first moments when firefighters arrive and are setting up to battle a house fire, they often ask if you have loaded guns in your home. Ammo that is loaded into a gun, especially a revolver, is the most dangerous during a fire.

We said above that the cardboard or foam factory ammo packaging can potentially absorb water from the air, but we still recommend ammo be stored in its factory packaging where possible (inside a larger, airtight container, of course), and not just because it makes it easier to organize and store.

Ammunition should be stored separately from the firearm in a secure location.