Bay area folks, please help me.

[fizzbuzz]

I'm a student at Stanford University and I want to own a gun. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a Henry .22lr lever action, but that's not the issue. I know that bringing a gun to my dorm would be a felony and I'd rather not do that even if it weren't. I was wondering where I could store my firearm off campus. There are several ranges near my location, for example Reed's, Jackson Arms, Target Masters, Los Altos and Sunnyvale Rod and Gun, etc. Do any of these places have, say, lockers that I can rent out to store a gun? Would they allow me to clean the gun on the premises? Can I store ammo with said gun? I'd like to start shooting now as I saved up a fair share of money from my job but if it's too much of a hassle I guess I can start 3 years later.

Thank you.

[spetsnaz]

Friends or family off site.

[krby]

This won't work for your rifle, but for a handgun you could get a safe deposit box at a bank.

[DRM6000]

Is it really a felony? I thought it was for K-12. You'd be expelled though.

[Fadedline]

[den888]

Yep, Reed's in Santa Clara has storage. None of the other local shops do, to the best of my knowledge.

[fizzbuzz]

Hmm... I suppose Reed's will do nicely. I have no family or friends that aren't living in dorms or half a country away... so yeah. As for a felony, I think it is, and I'm not about to test it.

[durandal]

Gun at college is legal if its in a locked case.

[KWalkerM]

find someone you trust off campus. thats what i am doing, met the gun club prez and other staff and now i have a place to secure them.

[kf6tac]

Is it really a felony? I thought it was for K-12. You'd be expelled though.

(i) Notwithstanding Section 12026, any person who brings or
possesses a firearm upon the grounds of a campus of, or
buildings owned or operated for student housing, teaching,
research, or administration by, a public or private university
or college, that are contiguous or are clearly marked
university property, unless it is with the written permission
of the university or college president, his or her designee, or
equivalent university or college authority, shall be punished
by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three
years.

[rkt88edmo]

meh - storage fees = one cheap .22 rifle a year, wait 'til you are off campus I say.

[Sheepdog1968]

Reeds is a very nice range. I shoot their quite a bit. Another approach, depending on how much you shoot is to just rent a firearm at Reeds each time you go there. No cost to purchase a firearm or monthly rental fees buys you a lot of rental firearms.

Having said that, I have a car in storage that is worth at most 5k that costs me 350 a month to store and it's been in storage for 3 years.

[onegtalon]

Reeds has storage but call to be sure.... all the lockers I've seen is good for handguns but maybe not long guns... (again I may be wrong... call em)

Worse case... get a small storage area somewhere off site and pay the $60/month. (again call them don't quote me)

Good luck.

[fighterpilot562]

For all that money to just store a .22? Idk...... You sure OP you got no one near by that will let you store it?

[Librarian]

Gun at college is legal if its in a locked case.

Do read kf6tac's post of 626.9(i).

Zones - and the sloppy writing that includes campuses in zones - apply to K-12 only. Colleges are a whole 'nother can of worms.

See also the wiki article on GFSZ -- http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/Gun_Free_School_Zones