The vehicle plate check will tell them the keeper's name and the names of insured parties, but they will usually wait to confirm who the driver actually is before running a person check, which is the one that tells them you have a firearms cert
Travelling with loaded magazines
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The vehicle plate check will tell them the keeper's name and the names of insured parties, but they will usually wait to confirm who the driver actually is before running a person check, which is the one that tells them you have a firearms cert
Exactly.And if the magazines not in the rifle it isn’t capable of being fed into the chamber.
Panic over
I get stopped an awful lot, recently a baby policeman in brand new uniform stopped me as part of a big training exercise. I expect that their mums were watching on from the verge dewy-eyed. Anyway, I was happy to oblige with the vehicle check and as he sheepishly inspected the tyre tread I explained that the database usually flags up that I am a SGC / FAC holder. He said ‘oh’, and thumbed through all the information on the little machine seeing if I could help point out what he was looking for, then he asked to look into the boot. I said not a problem, I know the police didn’t have grounds for a search but felt that demonstrating civil ownership of firearms is better PR than being a stickler. I’m sure his training sergeant can go through the rules, regulations and procedures back at base.The vehicle plate check will tell them the keeper's name and the names of insured parties, but they will usually wait to confirm who the driver actually is before running a person check, which is the one that tells them you have a firearms cert
Any firearm. By definition, that includes air rifles.
"A lethal-barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged".
Dunwaters
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2 different scenarios here, first one would be a firearm with an enbloc magazine system, common sense would indicate that I don’t have rounds in the magazine during transport.
Second case would be a detachable magazine, again common sense would tell me that if I want to keep the mag in the firearm it better be unloaded, if the mag is loaded it needs to be somewhere else.
It looks like the regulation was drafted back in the past when most firearms had enbloc mags and hasn’t been updated.
The situation here is very different, firearms are required to be carried cased and unloaded and with the firing mechanism removed and in a section of the vehicle not accessible by the passengers.
Ammunition and firing mech are to be carried separately in a locked container, which can be the glove box.
Second case would be a detachable magazine, again common sense would tell me that if I want to keep the mag in the firearm it better be unloaded, if the mag is loaded it needs to be somewhere else.
It looks like the regulation was drafted back in the past when most firearms had enbloc mags and hasn’t been updated.
The situation here is very different, firearms are required to be carried cased and unloaded and with the firing mechanism removed and in a section of the vehicle not accessible by the passengers.
Ammunition and firing mech are to be carried separately in a locked container, which can be the glove box.
It isn't an offence, provided you have "lawful authority or reasonable excuse".
Precisely.
Yes, and it includes air rifles. Isn't that what you were asking?
Also rounds left in a magazine lead to the spring becoming weak... once bought several 10shot metal .22 mags at a bargain price only to find that the last 3-4 rounds in each wouldn’t present properly and they were ‘backed’ for refund, the guy freely admitted storing them fully loaded and couldn’t see why he should not doooh.
Willowbank
Like so many things in the firearms act it is a bit 'Woolley '.
Does holding a FAC give one legal authority? There are no conditions on my cert to suggest the rifle may not be loaded in public. Common sense says dot have it loaded, but legally if you are happy you can show good reason, it appears to not be an offence.
The interesting piece in section 19 is that it appears not to be an offence to be in possession of an unloaded shotgun in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse?
Does holding a FAC give one legal authority? There are no conditions on my cert to suggest the rifle may not be loaded in public. Common sense says dot have it loaded, but legally if you are happy you can show good reason, it appears to not be an offence.
The interesting piece in section 19 is that it appears not to be an offence to be in possession of an unloaded shotgun in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse?
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