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    Just a suggestion......Those who have problems with the register should document them with date, time, place and full details and then forward them to Nicole Mckee. It will come in handy for any review that may take place.

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    I feel like once I have to start I'll be sending poor Nicole McKee an email every time I have to interact with the thing. I'm not looking forward to that at all, one little bit. I just know it's going to be far more difficult than they think and it will crush souls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No.3 View Post
    I feel like once I have to start I'll be sending poor Nicole McKee an email every time I have to interact with the thing. I'm not looking forward to that at all, one little bit. I just know it's going to be far more difficult than they think and it will crush souls.
    I have to give them credit, when it came to initially registering my Firearms, the process was easy.
    I called them and just read out all the details.

    My issue was just when me and a mate swapped rifles that were registered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    @stug @dannyb I wasn't challenging the recommendation - that wasn't my intention. I accept and understand it.

    What I was trying - badly - to highlight is that this whole discussion thread is mostly political.
    It has strayed from its original premise of discussion of issues with using the register to the merits of the register.

    I repeat I accept the recommendation.
    You know my thoughts on the Resister et al, and I generally avoid commenting about it repeatedly but I would like to make a constructive observation if I may. This thread was initiated to be an aid in navigating the process and highlighting any issues and their possible solutions.
    Unfortunately overtime, it seems it has devolved to be predominantly issues based and commonly the solution is to phone in and speak to a real person. Given that it’s 2024, this seems rather ironic for what was supposed to be the great online saviour of us all.

    However, if there is a positive, it’s that the issues have been noted here and you all should continue to do so. Essentially, concentrating an information resource for future reference. It also shows, excluding myself of course, that LFO’s, whether either forced to due to a triggering event or in a voluntary capacity, have been actively engaging with the process in a generally positive manner and endeavouring to work through any issues constructively with the Firearms Authority.
    I salute you for your intestinal fortitude. Continue the good work.
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    Going forward with the Register, in future will you be allowed to Register a Firearm that has not previously been Registered. If so that negates the You Must register all your Firearms within 30 days now as you can add them on to the Register at a later date. I well remember under the old Registration System Police were happy to see a Firearm on the Register so asked no questions as long as it was not a stolen firearm.

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    I think your question has many answers. If without an activating event, you choose to register a firearms then you should register all of the firearms in your possession. If you have already registered the firearms in your possession and you obtain another additional firearm then you must register the new firearm within thirty days. If at the end of the five year grace period (assuming that the register is still a thing) you have not registered any firearms but are in possession of some then you should have registered them and there will likely be consequences for not having complied. If at the end of the five year grace period you have declared that there are no firearms in your possession and you then acquire one then there will be an obligation to register the new firearm in the same fashion as there is currently.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BSA View Post
    Going forward with the Register, in future will you be allowed to Register a Firearm that has not previously been Registered. If so that negates the You Must register all your Firearms within 30 days now as you can add them on to the Register at a later date. I well remember under the old Registration System Police were happy to see a Firearm on the Register so asked no questions as long as it was not a stolen firearm.
    I agree and think this is what the police themselves will want but there is always the chance that someone higher up will try to push for info on the source of said firearm, Even if that is the case there may be the occasional amnesty when you could register an new toy that you may of inherited. I remember shooting opossums with my uncle as a kid but his son told me he never had a license so I may end up with another .22 when they finish cleaning out his house.

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    That has been one thing I have thought about. What happens if you get offered a firearm from eg a deceased estate where no one has a fal and the deceased didnt have one either, they wont be able to register it so it wont show where you got it from. I know my grandfather had his little 22 that he used as a kid on the farm. Never had a fal and it used to sit in the back of a cuoboard. Dont know what happened to it when he died...

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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    That has been one thing I have thought about. What happens if you get offered a firearm from eg a deceased estate where no one has a fal and the deceased didnt have one either, they wont be able to register it so it wont show where you got it from. I know my grandfather had his little 22 that he used as a kid on the farm. Never had a fal and it used to sit in the back of a cuoboard. Dont know what happened to it when he died...
    It doesn't matter where it comes from, as long you register it when it comes into your possession.
    When you register your firearms they don't ask where they came from.

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    Ok I was of the understanding you still had to register it when disposing of it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
    It doesn't matter where it comes from, as long you register it when it comes into your possession.
    When you register your firearms they don't ask where they came from.

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    Which is my point, How will they know if you don't Register one within 30 days but opt to Register it at a later date.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BSA View Post
    Which is my point, How will they know if you don't Register one within 30 days but opt to Register it at a later date.
    As I see it,
    That would be up to you and weather you're willing to take the risk that they won't check your storage for some unknown reason. If there was an extra one or 2 you could always say that they came into your ownership in the last week or 2 and you're about to register them.
    It's all up to you and how comfortable you are with what you are doing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No good names left View Post
    As I see it,
    That would be up to you and weather you're willing to take the risk that they won't check your storage for some unknown reason. If there was an extra one or 2 you could always say that they came into your ownership in the last week or 2 and you're about to register them.
    It's all up to you and how comfortable you are with what you are doing.
    but THAT IN ITSELF implies two things
    #1 the storage actually gets checked......some folks go many years and shift homes multiple times without being checked/inspected
    #2 that you were registered and the boys in blue had a correct talley of your cupboards/cabinets contents to begin with..if they didnt know you had 10 to begin with... the fact you now have 12 means nothing whatsoever(which also works in reverse) so until everyone has everything all lined up...TUI anyone??? its farcical to think it makes a difference.
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    I got checked 3 weeks after we moved here as I did the address change same day we moved. So it depends on the area, however in Hanmer when we moved from the tiny house into the new house also did a change notification and never got checked and neither did a mate who has moved 3 times down there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No.3 View Post
    I feel like once I have to start I'll be sending poor Nicole McKee an email every time I have to interact with the thing. I'm not looking forward to that at all, one little bit. I just know it's going to be far more difficult than they think and it will crush souls.
    There's no issues if you just call them. Everytime I have called them they answered straight away, and 5 minutes later we're all sorted.
    It's nothing like calling other Govt agencies like the three letter one starting with A

 

 

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