If you place a fired gun (contaminated with GSR) on a surface, particularly where you eat (kitchen counter, dining table) or on a fabric (couch, bed), it contaminates your living space and doesn't really go away without cleaners that are effective on heavy metals.

Doesn't even have to be "stored". Cleaning your gun on the dining table, for example.

[–] psilotop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I think this is part of it. I think it has less to do with the storage and more to do with the other activities. Maybe someone who doesn't lock up their gun is more likely to clean it on the kitchen table, for example

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Insecure storage speaks to an overall blasé attitude towards firearms that's for sure.