Thread: Separate Ammo Compartment in a Safe

I'm breaking my rule of not providing sources, so please take this with a grain of salt, but a few points:

1) I believe the ammunition storage rules may be different for specific ammunition that fits an endorsed firearm also in the safe. I can't remember if it's only specific endorsements or all endorsements, but I remember that there was a difference in legislation between A category and all other endorsed categories. It's somewhere in the arms act or NZ police policies. Obviously the Arms Act is actual law, whereas police policies are their interpretation or infilling of vague Arms Act sections, so it pays to get a lawyer's input.

2) As has been posted, the most recent law changes added the clause saying you can't store your ammo and gun keys on the same keychain, and the key profile or combination must not be the same for ammo and firearm locks.
2A) The solution for this is to get combo locks for one, or both, and set the combinations differently. This' usually easier for ammo cases

3) While calling the FSA for guidance is one option, they tend to take the strictest, and often way beyond legal requirement interpretation of what could be done and present it as a legal minimum requirement. Take what they say with a large grain of salt because usually at least some of what they're saying isn't required, just something they'd like. While exceeding legal minimums is always a good practice, it's important to know your rights and obligations, especially because as firearms owners, we tend to get pushed around a fair bit by the FSA and police, so it's good to know when they're out to lunch and making stuff up.

In this case again, speak to a lawyer to get the actual legal requirements, rather than the FSA's wishlist on what the law would be if they wrote it.