Cross border firearms regulations.

Spot on with all that advice GOF.

Really Matt, about the only valid reason for a traveller to have firearms (which must be kept in a locked and secured place same as when at home) is if you are travelling interstate to a gun club competition. There may be other reasons that will pass, and all the states are different.

Motherhen

Grumpy

That is the correct call, but it will still pay to do your homework, with your District Firearms Officer.


I go on an Interstate hunitng trip every year, and have never had a problem.

Cheers
Bucky

Which States Bucky? I know WA regulations are pretty fierce.

Mh

Vic, ot course...
NSW,
S.A
NT
Qld

gotta love it

NT & Tas Not sure of..
But I do trip to King Island every few years to the " in-laws"farm and have no dramas there

Cheers

Thanks for replies Bucky. What are the requirements for security of your firearms in transit and do these vary in the different states?

Mh

Mh
I do my own thing when it comes to the security of my Rifles, and have certainly gone a bit overboard. Have been pulled over 2 times for random checks, and of course the inevitable question ... "Are you carrying any firearms ? "

Yes is the reply !

and then proceed to show mr Plod, my setup. it impresses them.

I have a home made 3 mm thick gav steel gun safe, measurinig 500mm X 300mm and 1200 wide, and is bolted to the rear seat anchor points.
There 2 bright steel pins coming through the lid, and 2 heafty padlocks, used through the pins. Tho whole thing is covered in carpet and is almost impossible to see from outside the Patrol.
Rifles are packed in and separated with foam rubber to avoid upsetting the sights.

Bolts are usually hidden in the tool Box and ammo is packed in old army surplus boxes.

Relevant paperwork is packed in the glovebox.

All good, too

The gunsafe also acts as a storage safe for cameras, cash and valuable items if needed on our travels.

Cheers
Bucky

thankfully here in WA our pistol requirements are far less onerous than other states

I dont use my free pistol much and in SA it would have been taken offme

not to mention my rapid fire pistol I was able to elect not to hand it in and recently bought a heap of cheap ammo for it

Well that would be the ONLY good thing about firearms laws in WA!

Peter

Why be so rude?

If you think this why not just leave no comment?

It just requires good manners.

Steve M.

Maybe because it is a serious subject that the answer shouldn't be decided by a bunch of armchair lawyers.
The OP should make a phone call to the relevant authority.
Gun owners should know the laws, as drivers should know the road rules!

I'm with you Steve, it's rude. There are more polite ways of putting your point forward. Its this kind of response that turns people away.

People have forgotten how to be polite yet it costs so little and delivers so much.
Bruce.

Get back in your lounge chair mate, i havn't got a GUN.

3go bush,
"No I am not going to Google it I am not going to search it for you, you can do it your self, and if you can't then you should not own a gun in the first place.

Mumbo jumbo, to my is : Oh Dear I am to lazy to do it myself. "

You weren't asked to google anything, pull your head in. See you're not the only one who can be rude on the other side of a keyboard. Are you this socially challenged face to face?

If there is a good reason why I don't become a paid up member of this site, its answers like yours, that and the excessive (in my view) moderation.

Ignore 3gobush.

He's a serial pest....

Unfortunately this forum is plagued with richard craniums like 3gobush. If they don't like a particular post and obviously won't contribute sensibly, then why bother?

Shaker, come on. Do YOU know all the road rules? I am a responsible firearms user and a road user, but I don't reckon i would know even 75% of the road or firearm laws. Particularly interstate laws.

Regards
Peter

Well said!