Thread: More stupidity

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

.......You do realize it's illegal to leave a firearm in a vehicle, even a locked one. You are meant to take it with you. Cops are actively telling people to break the law by telling them to cover them and leave them in cars. WRONG. Very fucking wrong.

Arms Regulations 1992

19 Conditions relating to security precautions

2 c) ensuring that no firearm in the holder’s possession is left in a vehicle that is unattended.

If the firearm is in a vehicle and there is someone in attendance (hopefully not someone who intends to steal the firearm) then that should be legal. It's reasonable to assume that attendance means in the presence of? Therefore, someone in attendance could be someone next to the vehicle, whether locked or unlocked.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

.......It's NOT illegal to have ammo in a vehicle as by law it doesn't have to be locked up.

I would think that's correct, although I don't know what the Land Transport Act 1998, if anything, says about it because I'm too lazy to look it up.