Thread: Leaving magazines loaded (legal issues?)

Macca

The Arms Regulations require you to empty the magazine before transportation and storage.

The Arms Regulations require these minimum standards when storing your firearm:
Make sure both the chamber and the magazine are empty.

The Arms code says you cannot drive a car on the road with a loaded firearm, this includes the magazine - it must be empty.

It's also an offence under the arms act to carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle
Carrying a firearm that is loaded (whether in its breech, barrel, chamber or magazine) in or on a motor vehicle on a road or in any place to which members of the public have a right of access.

Also check you clubs range safety orders, I'm sure it will require all firearms and magazines to be unloaded before removal from the range.

Cheers
Pete