Thread: Vehicle transport catch-22

Originally Posted by Savage1

Personally I would've told you to plan your affairs better so as you're not required to carry a firearm into a supermarket to replenish your non essential alcohol supplies.

It could easily be argued that carrying a firearm into a supermarket to buy beer because you didn't want to go home and secure it first is not a reasonable excuse.

You can get on your high horse, but carrying a gun into a supermarket to buy beer is always going to come across as stupid.

What’s the story with firearms in a police car? They cannot be always under supervision? Maybe your rules should work for us? What happens when a police car is stolen?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Police vehicles have steel cabinets in the boot that contain bushmasters glocks etc. They are frequently unattended with the firearms inside so I suspect either the standard is now set by this, or the law doesn't apply to them.
This is something that should have been addressed in the review of the arms code. The Canadian example mentioned by the po seems perfectly sensible.

Originally Posted by Maca49

What’s the story with firearms in a police car? They cannot be always under supervision? Maybe your rules should work for us? What happens when a police car is stolen?

NZ Police are not bound by the Arm Act while carrying out their duties.