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Mandatory police inspections of homes in which the homeowner must prove innocence.
10 years in jail for improper storage of a pistol -- improper storage includes keeping a pistol and rifle in the same safe.
from the Cowra Guardian
http://cowra.yourguide.com.au/detai...s=local&category=general news&story_id=225783
10 years in jail for improper storage of a pistol -- improper storage includes keeping a pistol and rifle in the same safe.
from the Cowra Guardian
http://cowra.yourguide.com.au/detai...s=local&category=general news&story_id=225783
Police crackdown on gun safety
Wednesday, 7 May 2003
Cowra Police will be inspecting gun owner's firearms and ammunition storage as part of the State-wide safety compliance audit.
The compliance audit is in response to an increasing number of firearms being stolen during break and enters. A gun was stolen in a break and enter at Cowra last year.
"We will be contacting firearm licence holders and inspecting their firearm storage safes,†said Cowra Police's Licencing Officer Constable Mervyn Slater.
"The safes will be inspected for the storage of both ammunition and firearms,†he explained.
Constable Slater outlined the basic requirements for firearm storage.
"The rifles must be bolted to the wall and floor through the back and the base of the safe.â€
"With the ammunition locked in a different department to the firearms,†he explained.
"The door must be fitted with a three point locking mechanism and padlocked through a hasp staple or lever handle,†he said.
Constable Slater said that different firearms require different security measures.
"Self loading rifles require a more secure safe than the single fire guns.â€
"Also hand guns will need a different safe to the rifle,†he added.
Constable Slater urged gun owners to comply with the firearm safety storage regulations.
Failure to comply with the storage requirements of the new laws is an offence with a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment for prohibited firearms and pistols and five years for any other firearm.
A police officer may seize any firearm or ammunition not meeting the storage requirements, forfeited on a finding of guilty by the court.
If there are any queries regarding the storage of firearms contact Cowra Police on 63415099. Approved firearm safes are available from Cowra Locksmiths.