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Originally Posted by HardDrive

Thank you all for your excellent input, I was not posting just to make conversation, I really did want others input.

The issue of having her move, or lord have I tried and I will keep trying. The X factor here is her roommate. They have lived together since freshman year, and are inseparable. Unfortunately her roommate is from a bad family situation, poor as a door mouse, cannot afford a nicer place. And to be clear, this is not what I would label a 'bad' area. But it is student housing, lots of drunken mayhem going on. The person kicking in the door happened during a break when everyone was away.

Right, any time you've got a college town/location full of apts that are full of college kids, you've got potential for crime whether it's because bad guys know that college kids aren't around during school breaks or because college kids are engrossed in their own stuff or just not paying attention or concerned with other stuff.

One of my concerns is if the gun is in the apt, and your daughter is gone but the roommate is there. Even if the roommate is completely trustworthy, if the roommate has guests (regardless of the roommates background/family life) the guests may not be trustworthy. Having the gun get stolen or discovered and played with is a bad thing.

You don't have to worry about just your daughter, you have to worry about anyone that might end up in the apt, which in college times and a college place, could be just about anyone.