Thread: Using the firearms register

“ Are your firearms loaded and take your time and not to shoot your self”. You have got to be shitting me. Have we descended so low on the scale of trust that we are being treated like children now? Insert fuck me dead emoji here.

Had the same when I did mine. When asked if I was taking firearms from my cabinet to make sure they were unloaded and pointed in a safe direction. I think I may have commented that they were stored correctly with the ammo stored separately as per rules. If they are saying things as per rules so can I

Originally Posted by outlander

After a two hour wait yesterday morning, I had to retrieve a shotty from the safe in order to check a serial number. On my way to the safe, the pleasant sounding dude reminded me to, 'take your time and not to shoot yourself'. Very thoughtful indeed, as I had no idea that they had our preservation in mind.

Yep, we are all a bunch of dummies, and some spotty faced dick is confirming this

Originally Posted by tetawa

Were you asked "are your firearms loaded" neighbor did a rego last week and was asked. Queried the question after stating 'NO", team member said they had been told to ask. Can only wonder the fallout if you answered YES.

Guess it’s like any CYA exercise right? Imagine if they asked someone to handle a firearm, that fella didn’t check load state and then someone gets hurt. Gotta play to the lowest common denominator and the “what ifs”. I’d suggest that there’s very few of us that haven’t seen at least one breach of firearms safety procedures at the range, even just the momentary “whoops” ones. And from experienced hunters/shooters too.

I know a while ago I picked up a (unloaded/flagged and on the rack) rifle without thinking to take the bipod off to show someone and was immediately, and rightly, put in my place by another member as the range was closed. Was a real kick myself moment!

I wonder if this implies that someone has actually shot themselves or ND'd while trying to register a gun

Its just more demeaning treatment by an organisation trying to make it harder for us to have firearms at all.

Im trying to do a transfer - three attempts on the phone yesterday , four today. No one wants to answer.......

Im trying to be compliant but they wont let me ......

Originally Posted by fawkes

Its just more demeaning treatment by an organisation trying to make it harder for us to have firearms at all.

Im trying to do a transfer - three attempts on the phone yesterday , four today. No one wants to answer.......

Im trying to be compliant but they wont let me ......

I usually put headphones on and carry on doing whatever I’m doing while listening to the hold music. Or put on speaker and keep phone nearby. Takes a while but they usually answer eventually.

Originally Posted by fawkes

Its just more demeaning treatment by an organisation trying to make it harder for us to have firearms at all.

Im trying to do a transfer - three attempts on the phone yesterday , four today. No one wants to answer.......

Im trying to be compliant but they wont let me ......

I only learnt that you can't do transfers on line.
Also that to get online access to firearms you registered by phone you have to anx identify yourself at the police station and that will give you online access to what you have registered.
Tomorrow's job

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

I only learnt that you can't do transfers on line.
Also that to get online access to firearms you registered by phone you have to anx identify yourself at the police station and that will give you online access to what you have registered.
Tomorrow's job

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You can register yourself with "Real Me" then you have access to your listed arms, don't need the Police station.

Originally Posted by tetawa

You can register yourself with "Real Me" then you have access to your listed arms, don't need the Police station.

I registered my firearms over the phone but if I want to see what I have registered through my realme log in I have to go to thd police station with ID to get verified and that will then let me go online and see what's registered.
This was the info I got today from thd horses mouth

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I think it works like this,
With your usual "Realme" login you can view the information on your firearms you have submitted........online.

If you have registered over the phone then you have to take the extra step to prove your "realme" is really you.

Somewhat unusual as most govt agencies do not seem to require this for even passport applications.

Once you have proved "you" are still "you" (no really you are still you......really) can see all the items in your account including transfers I believe.

I could not see anything I registered over the phone until I competed the realme verification to prove I was actually me!!

All my Firearms have been registered over the phone BUT I did the Real Me Firearm application online prior to the phone call which allowed me to be on Firearms Authority site while the phone registration took place. I'd tried previously to register online but due to rebarreling to obscure and improved calibers I failed to enter them all. Still was a few days before I could see what I had registered.

Just went through and did mine online. Wasn't too painful just very time consuming. What was interesting is the number of Lee Enfield variants listed as 'break action' - never seen one of those before. Also no Long Branch option - nearest being Small Arms Factory. Thought that was weird. Probably about to find out I've done it all wrong - none of it was simple and easy to work out to be fair. Searching by type didn't get one option, had to go for a very obscure search and then it was right there exactly as it should be. Some simple ones weren't on the lists at all as well.

Phoned FSA last week to register my new rabbit rifle (*See my other post for Gun Porn photos!). I phoned at 9.30am, knowing it would be a busy time. I did exactly what Juicy said, put my headphones on, listened to the hideous HOLD music, ate my breakfast, made my lunch, packed my office into the car, went to the dunny and......YES! that was when a lovely sweet voice came on the phone. I got the paperwork finished and out of the dunny, quietly, and we had a lovely chat about guns and stuff. The operator made it easy and painless. It was only about 70 minutes until the phone was answered, and 90 minutes before we stopped chatting. All and all, a very pleasant process. I notified the seller that I had done my bit, he text me back later to say, "all done," at this end, so we are all sweet and legit. Great system, no worries.

Originally Posted by fawkes

Its just more demeaning treatment by an organisation trying to make it harder for us to have firearms at all.

Im trying to do a transfer - three attempts on the phone yesterday , four today. No one wants to answer.......

Im trying to be compliant but they wont let me ......

When I had real difficulty accessing the register, I laid a complaint with my MP. His response was to try phoning them ffs.