Thread: Question: Retaining a licence with no firearms but without secure storage facilities

Originally Posted by longshot

I basically had the above explained to me nearly 20 years ago. The scenario was given that if I came home late one night from spotlighting and was locked out of mum/dads house, I was obliged to have a storage at my own residence in the event I end up going there without dropping off my firearm.

Yes plenty of people only use their firearms at the place they store them but might not live, but there will be others that store offsite and shoot somewhere else. Given enough time, sooner or later, someone will bring their firearm home.

So the law caters to the lowest denomination, which is that scenario. Otherwise you need two separate options within the law, one that says you must have storage at your home regardless of whether it contains anything, and another option which says you don’t need storage at home if you only shoot at xyz farm/range where firearms are stored.
Then it starts to get more complicated than having a token chain and padlock in the ceiling which never gets used until it does get used.

If I sleep under a tree in the bush I can lean my rifle against said tree for the night, quite legally, with no security, because it is in my possession.
So should we be required to secure firearm under those conditions too?
No way!!!

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

If I sleep under a tree in the bush I can lean my rifle against said tree for the night, quite legally, with no security, because it is in my possession.
So should we be required to secure firearm under those conditions too?
No way!!!

Arm chair critic post:
Along similar lines, what does Rogee on YT do when he goes on his public land cross valley recoveries? Their rifles are never carried with them for that part of the video. One would assume the rifles are simply stashed in the trees.
I think he’d have a hard time explaining himself if their gear got ripped off in this day and age no matter how unlikely it might be.

Originally Posted by Moutere

Arm chair critic post:
Along similar lines, what does Rogee on YT do when he goes on his public land cross valley recoveries? Their rifles are never carried with them for that part of the video. One would assume the rifles are simply stashed in the trees.
I think he’d have a hard time explaining himself if their gear got ripped off in this day and age no matter how unlikely it might be.

Arm chair critic?
Bullshit. It's a valid statement.
In my situation, if I am inside for a cup of tea, I can quite legally have a rifle leaning in the corner unsecured because it is in my possession. I frequently shoot things from the house so hardly secure one firearm during the day.
Basically a hunting situation.
The same as hunting in the bush.
If you read each situation from a practical viewpoint the law is not what some people think.