Thread: Vehicle transport catch-22

Originally Posted by 40mm

hi there, you cant leave it un attended in your vehicle ever.


But...........
i have been told by police more than once to do so! I then asked them to put that in writing...... They were not keen!

So if you want to be covered id suggest writing to the local arms officer and getting the formal answer in writing!

The police are mostly ok, but have an annoying habit of making up rules as they please.

for example:
I took a rifle into pak n save ( in a bag) and someone got a little scared for their life and called the police.
I got home and the cops stopped in to have a chat.
I told them I was doing what the law requires (not leaving my firearm unattended)
They said I should have avoided the situation.
I said avoiding it would be nice but not an option, as I needed beers.
They said I should have left the rifle in the car.
I said that was illegal and that if my car got stolen the cops would not hesitate to prosecute me for leaving a firearm unattended.
They got shitty.
I told them I would do it again if need be.
They got shittier.
I suggested they speak to an arms officer and a lawyer.
They left after failing to put me in my place.

There is no way i will ever risk my licence, that cop was a meat head.

What he should have done was tell the person who complained what the law actually requires me to do, and then warn them for wasting police time.

If the gun is in a bag then I am surely not armed and READY to go postal??????

Share my frustration at the simpletons and their simple thought processes! (or lack of)

Your simple minded thought process scares me.

I think the law says you can't leave a gun unattended in a vehicle.

I don't think that is the same as the law saying you can take your guns anywhere you like.

You were fucking stupid to take the gun, even in a bag, into a supermarket. Doing that makes all gun owners look like irresponsible dickheads.

Taking a gun into a supermarket to buy alcohol DID risk your licence.

If I saw someone with a gun in any shop other than a sports shop, I'd call the cops too.

Originally Posted by systolic

If I saw someone with a gun in any shop other than a sports shop, I'd call the cops too.

That's cos you're a complete dickhead though Lee, no-one would expect anything less of you.

Originally Posted by systolic

Your simple minded thought process scares me.

I think the law says you can't leave a gun unattended in a vehicle.

I don't think that is the same as the law saying you can take your guns anywhere you like.

You were fucking stupid to take the gun, even in a bag, into a supermarket. Doing that makes all gun owners look like irresponsible dickheads.

Taking a gun into a supermarket to buy alcohol DID risk your licence.

If I saw someone with a gun in any shop other than a sports shop, I'd call the cops too.

Not the best example given - but there will be times when on an extended journey that you cannot satisfy the law without taking your firearm with you: everyone needs to piss, eat, sleep etc. Even you could fall foul of the law as it stands.

Originally Posted by Nickoli

Not the best example given - but there will be times when on an extended journey that you cannot satisfy the law without taking your firearm with you: everyone needs to piss, eat, sleep etc.

I agree. The law is stupid in this respect.

Originally Posted by systolic

Your simple minded thought process scares me.

I think the law says you can't leave a gun unattended in a vehicle.

I don't think that is the same as the law saying you can take your guns anywhere you like.

You were fucking stupid to take the gun, even in a bag, into a supermarket. Doing that makes all gun owners look like irresponsible dickheads.

Taking a gun into a supermarket to buy alcohol DID risk your licence.

If I saw someone with a gun in any shop other than a sports shop, I'd call the cops too.

Shit, maybe i should study law. then i might become an expert too.