Not a lawyer so I would deny anything I say in this regard anyway, but I can only speak for my local state and states I am familiar with. Most have whats commonly referred to as “Castle Law”. That means you can never be denied the ability to defend your home or domicile against threat to life or great bodily harm. That includes temporary residences, including public campgrounds. Of course that doesn’t mean you can carry between camps sites or down the hall to the hotel lobby.
I also concur that its not wise to leave gun, or other valuables if you cant secure them against theft or otherwise, so every situation should be thought out ahead of time, before you realize you have no place to secure your firearm.
I can completely understand your families concerns about how to secure guns on your rental property. For that situation maybe a gun safe makes sense, one that cant be picked up and walked off with. No one, at least in the states I am aware of, can preclude you from having a gun to protect yourself at your home. Of course you may consciously be deciding you don’t want a gun for defense in the home. That’s your choice too.
However, if you ever find yourself where you need the gun for self defense, it does no good lock up in storage, your other home, or a hotel safe (unless you mean a room safe, which will work for hand guns, but probably not for long guns). Also, if you have to secure them in a hotel safe in the lobby, you probably just told the whole world, “hey, I have guns, but don’t worry, they are locked where I cant get them now.” That’s not something I would want to advertise.
Thanks for your thoughts and advice.
I mentioned hotel safes, because someone on one of these threads mentioned gun shows in Vegas as a legitimate reason for having long guns in one of these hotels - in which case, you’re already known as a gun owner to anyone who’s paying attention.
(If you knew my neighborhood, you’d laugh at the idea of a home gun safe providing any security ;-)
Best,
JT