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Firearms Inspections NSW

Post by cuee » 13 Jul 2017, 7:18 pm

Just wondering if anyone knows for fact if the inspectors have to make an appointment or they can just turn up , and are alll states the same . I have had a look around here but can't anything specific .
I've had a mate who is in a bit of trouble . The inspector turned up and told him that they didn't have to make an appointment and went right through him . Yes I agree that he should've been better prepared by doing the correct things but as he is a farmer there were some stray shells etc . I haven't had an inspection for a couple of years but they did ring me to make an appointment. He is in the Riverina area and the women inspector is very hard to get along with so I was just wondering if she bluffed him or does have the right . I suppose it would be hard to tell them to come back later if your home when they turn up .Cheers
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Post by bigfellascott » 13 Jul 2017, 8:01 pm

If it not convenient tell them to come back at a time that suits - that's what I did.
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Post by bladeracer » 13 Jul 2017, 11:17 pm

cuee wrote:Just wondering if anyone knows for fact if the inspectors have to make an appointment or they can just turn up , and are alll states the same . I have had a look around here but can't anything specific .
I've had a mate who is in a bit of trouble . The inspector turned up and told him that they didn't have to make an appointment and went right through him . Yes I agree that he should've been better prepared by doing the correct things but as he is a farmer there were some stray shells etc . I haven't had an inspection for a couple of years but they did ring me to make an appointment. He is in the Riverina area and the women inspector is very hard to get along with so I was just wondering if she bluffed him or does have the right . I suppose it would be hard to tell them to come back later if your home when they turn up .Cheers



Doesn't much matter how they bluffed their way in. At some point he must've allowed them in and they found what they did.
They should call ahead to ensure it's convenient for you, but if they're "in the area" they'll just drop in and see what you say.
Any chance somebody he knows might've sent them around out of spite?
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Post by happyhunter » 14 Jul 2017, 8:50 am

Last time they arrived at my door at night without notice and the police were very heavy handed in pushing their way in using veiled threats of future harassment if I refused. People think they have the right to refuse entry without appointment but the reality is the cops have the position to give you a hard time if they choose to be that way and us gun owners have no way to stop them.
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Post by cuee » 14 Jul 2017, 2:28 pm

Yes happy hunter that was my thought. Anytime I knocked them back it was over a phone call on the mobile and I wasn't home. Don't know if they were casing the joint out though .
Bladeracer he does have a few semi-auto shotguns so that might put him at the top of their list .
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Post by bladeracer » 14 Jul 2017, 2:39 pm

cuee wrote:Yes happy hunter that was my thought. Anytime I knocked them back it was over a phone call on the mobile and I wasn't home. Don't know if they were casing the joint out though .
Bladeracer he does have a few semi-auto shotguns so that might put him at the top of their list .



A few?
I thought you could only have one Cat C shotgun and one Cat C rifle?
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Post by Member-Deleted » 14 Jul 2017, 6:13 pm

cuee wrote:Yes happy hunter that was my thought. Anytime I knocked them back it was over a phone call on the mobile and I wasn't home. Don't know if they were casing the joint out though .
Bladeracer he does have a few semi-auto shotguns so that might put him at the top of their list .

Yes I am afraid c,d and h are on top of the list.
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Post by gherx » 24 Jul 2017, 11:14 am

bladeracer wrote:A few?
I thought you could only have one Cat C shotgun and one Cat C rifle?


He's in NSW don't forget... Different to VIC?
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Post by bladeracer » 24 Jul 2017, 12:11 pm

gherx wrote:
bladeracer wrote:A few?
I thought you could only have one Cat C shotgun and one Cat C rifle?


He's in NSW don't forget... Different to VIC?



I thought the limit on Cat C was Australia-wide?
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Post by Col » 24 Jul 2017, 10:31 pm

FWIW my understanding is that they have to ring to give you 24 hrs notice before "lobbing" on your doorstep. Unless, they feel the "law may be being broken, ie unsafe storage of firearms etc".
I have had a couple of times like bigfella scot and told them I am not home, (because I havent been) and not heard from them since.

Other times I have asked a police man t do the inspection whilst he has been there for other matters (ie picked the friendlier member of the constabulary who usually is a shooter themselves). Bit like a preemptive strike.

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Post by scaredyet » 25 Jul 2017, 6:01 am

I have had my firearm for more than a year and no one has turned up yet
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Post by GLS_1956 » 25 Jul 2017, 8:31 am

That just sucks.
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Post by crys » 25 Jul 2017, 11:44 am

scaredyet wrote:I have had my firearm for more than a year and no one has turned up yet


That's pretty standard.

Plenty of us go years without one.
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