Not to sound too tinfoilish "new word" but applying for a permit that says you have over 10000 rounds stored at your domicile, isn't that something the police in your town or any level of government would love to take note of.
Dean
1. It's perfectly legal.
2. FD does not share that info with the police, so they will never know . . . for those that worry about such things. If that is a concern, aren't you worried that your police chief can look at the list of guns that EOPS thinks you have? Isn't that more of a concern to you?
3. FD wants to know because in case of fire, they would spray down areas with large quantities of flammables to try to avoid a flare-up. Firefighters in MA are trained on how to deal with quantities of ammo and no, they won't run away and let your house burn to the ground because you have ammo there. I've had this discussion with a prior chief.
4. You'd be shocked at how many firefighters are pro-2A, including chiefs. In 40+ years in this town, we've had 4 chiefs and they have all been very supportive. One I know owned guns (and is a martial arts instructor), another probably did (his Son is a selectman and pro-2A) and the current one brought a couple of his firefighters into his office to introduce me to them as a fellow gun nut . . . a bunch of guys on the FD go shooting together at one of the local gun clubs. Prior chief ran a LTC class for his firefighters years ago.
5. Realize that the current CMR requires a permit for 1000 primers! Prior CMR only required it for >1000 primers. So every reloader needs a permit.
6. The permit does NOT say how much of anything you have, it merely states what the law allows you to have. In the early years of my having said permit, I had nowhere near the quantity of stuff that required a permit . . . it was good for 5 yrs and cost me nothing back then. No list, no home inspection (yes I realize that one or two cities may demand it as they can demand anything).
7. Too much tinfoil wrapped too tightly around here.