Hello from Australia

[cirelaw]

I just read your download regarding you have to have a steel bolted attached safe in your home! Is that required to have if you own a single gun? What about rifles?~~Eric

[remerus]

Originally Posted by cirelaw

I just read your download regarding you have to have a steel bolted attached safe in your home! Is that required to have if you own a single gun? What about rifles?~~Eric

G'day Eric,

Rifles is a little different and the ones us regular citizens come under what they call A & B category which exclude semi automatic center fire, Semi auto rim fire and pump action shotguns oh and of course full auto firearms.

The requirement on safe keeping with A&B Cat is you are still required to keep them in a safe that has steel types and thicknesses that comply with guidelines set out by the commissioner (Government ) yet these do not have to be bolted down if they weigh 150kg or over (empty). http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/...March_2012.pdf

And for the curious the excluded categories ( Cat C & D ) I mentioned above such as semi automatic center fire, Semi auto rim fire and pump action shotguns these are unavailable to us in the general public unless you are a commercially licensed animal culler for either a government agency or hired to manage pests on commercial properties which would satisfy the "Genuine reason" the we have to substantiate to our Powers that be to possess such guns.

As for full auto firearms I was always enamored by the idea of having a nice example of an Mg34 a 42 or a nice Browning 30 cal but not a chance really well not a working one anyway although I do have D category on my collectors license but this requires the permanent deactivation of the said firearm i.e welding all moving parts pretty much destroying a piece of history.. I'd rather not have one if I have to do that to it. Add to that I cannot easily import any full auto firearms so am stuck waiting till one comes up for sale on the open market in Australia (which would not be a common event if at all) this being the case I believe I would be paying in excess of $25000 for the privilege only to have to deactivate it.

If I did however they have their own level of safe keeping ( http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/...tober_2012.pdf ) that needs to be satified which far exceeds the Handgun level I previously mentioned (Yes even though they are inert ).

Peg