Thread: Do AO's

ever turn up at your door and ask to do spot checks?

Never happened to me but have heard of people saying they do

Isn't the rule for houses the same as roads?.....

@wirehunt not allowed to shoot inside/from the house? I dont see why....a house is private property, in a car its transporting and covered by specific regs....so cant be loaded, or am I missing something?



@tussock, LOL, well as long as it isnt a beer you are drinking...then its oh oh



Though wouldnt an AR15 @ <50m make a huge mess to clear up? Ive never seen what a rabbit looks like after a hit with a 223 ....must try it sometime.....but it might have to be a 308

I shoot out of my windows all the time.

Originally Posted by Toby

I shoot out of my windows all the time.

Same, and im fucked if any legislation is going to stop me from doing it.

@toby, LOL, you can do lots of things, the Q is, are you in trouble if you get caught...ie you are not supposed to. My brother and I used to with an airgun mind you, we'd set up airfix soldiers / ships and take turns blasting, 4 x 32 scope and binocs in hand....hours of fun watching bits fly...sank a few good models that way....I admit I used to cheat and put bulkheads in....

Originally Posted by Towely

Same, and im fucked if any legislation is going to stop me from doing it.

Careful guys, open public forum here........

So its illegal to shoot out of my bedroom window?

I live in the wop wops. I shoot starlings on the lawn from my window. I shoot the occasional possum at 3 in the morning from my window. Sometimes the magpies will sit outside and "sing" at 5am right outside my window...... Is it illegal to shoot out of my window? Buggered if i know and i dont really care because i have reason to do so and its not harming anybody. There is only so much magpie rap i can take, and getting up and shooing them away every 10mins gets old fast. Sometimes i dont put my seatbelt on either.

X distance from roads and/or buildings? But it's been a long while since I've looked, seem to recall 200 metres.

So you ALWAYS know what is coming around the corner at your house?

It's not illegal to shoot out of your window unless you are frightening, annoying or endangering persons or property.

There are no distances etc.

Trust me.

Specifically,

Arms Act, section 49

Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to both who, without reasonable cause, discharges a firearm, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon in or near—
(a)a dwellinghouse; or
(b)a public place,—
so as to endanger property or to endanger, annoy, or frighten any person.

I've never found anything in the Arms Act about random inspections, does anyone know what legislation this is covered under if at all?

If not specifically mentioned surely a random inspection requires your consent, otherwise it's an illegal search?

There's this but it's not related to a routine inspection

Search and Surveillance Act

18 Warrantless searches associated with arms
(1)A constable who has reasonable grounds to suspect that any 1 or more of the circumstances in subsection (2) exist in relation to a person may, without a warrant, do any or all of the following:
(a)search the person:
(b)search any thing in the person's possession or under his or her control (including a vehicle):
(c)enter a place or vehicle to carry out any activity under paragraph (a) or (b):
(d)seize and detain any arms found:
(e)seize and detain any licence under the Arms Act 1983 that is found.
(2)The circumstances are that the person is carrying arms, or is in possession of them, or has them under his or her control, and—
(a)he or she is in breach of the Arms Act 1983; or
(b)he or she, by reason of his or her physical or mental condition (however caused),—
(i)is incapable of having proper control of the arms; or
(ii)may kill or cause bodily injury to any person; or
(c)that, under the Domestic Violence Act 1995,—
(i)a protection order or a police safety order is in force against the person; or
(ii)there are grounds to make an application against him or her for a protection order.
(3)A constable may, without a warrant, enter a place or vehicle, search it, seize any arms or any licence under the Arms Act 1983 found there, and detain the arms or licence if he or she has reasonable grounds to suspect that there are arms in the place or vehicle—
(a)in respect of which a category 3 offence, a category 4 offence, or an offence against the Arms Act 1983 has been committed, or is being committed, or is about to be committed; or
(b)that may be evidential material in relation to a category 3 offence, a category 4 offence, or an offence against the Arms Act 1983.