Thread: Traveling with guns

Love this pic.... check out the cup holders

Found this on the helpful QPOL website:

Storage

How do I need to store my weapons?

Firearms must be kept unloaded other than when being used to shoot, except where the firearm is being used under a security licence.

When not in a person's physical possession, a firearm/weapon must be stored unloaded in a locked container with the bolt removed or the action broken.

For category D, H or R weapons, the container must be a rigid structure made of solid steel and be bolted to the frame or floor of a permanent building.
For any other weapons, the container must be a rigid structure made of solid steel or timber and if it weighs less than 150kg, be securely fixed to the frame or floor of a permanent building.

The container also must have a sturdy lock and be kept locked when the weapon is not in use.

Away from secure storage facility

If a person is visiting Queensland or unable to reasonably return their weapon to their safe storage facility, all weapons, when not in their physical possession, must be stored unloaded in either:

• a securely closed container with the bolt removed or with a trigger lock fitted; or
• a locked container.

The container must be either:

• out of sight in a locked room of a permanent building; or
• locked in the boot of a vehicle; or
• out of sight, locked in a vehicle that does not have a boot.

In or on vehicles

If the weapon is in a vehicle, it must be either:

• locked in the boot; or
• locked in a metal container fixed to the vehicle; or
• in a securely closed container that is out of sight.

The metal container or anything attached to it must not suggest a weapon is inside.

Alternate safe storage measures

An application can be made in writing to an authorised officer to take a particular safety measure for the safe storage of weapons other than those listed above.

The authorised officer must be satisfied that the proposed safety measure gives at least the same level of safety and security as the replaced measure.

There are additional storage requirements for collectors, dealers and other business premises.

How do I make a firearm temporarily inoperable?

Removing a firearm's bolt, breech block, firing pin or other integral part of the firing mechanism and securely storing it separately from the firearm renders it temporarily inoperable.

If the firearm's bolt, breech block, firing pin or other integral part of the firing mechanism cannot be removed, the firearm's trigger can be secured by a trigger lock. The lock's key must be securely stored separately from the firearm.

How is a firearm made permanently inoperable?

If the firing pin can be removed as a separate item, the pin must be removed and the end of the pin hole nearest the chamber must be welded closed.

If the firing pin cannot be removed as a separate item, the pin must be ground or cut so it cannot strike a round of ammunition in the chamber. The chamber must be made incapable of taking a round of ammunition by welding a steel insert into the end of the chamber or welding a steel rod vertically across the chamber.

The firing mechanism must be immobilised by welding its internal components together and to the trigger.

You will need to get a certificate from an approved armourer that certifies your firearm is permanently inoperable.



Last updated 09/12/2005

link is here: http://www.police.qld.gov.au/program...al/storage.htm