Plinker wrote:Hey guys, does anybody know if biometric (fingerprint access) gun safes are legal in Australia?
There doesn't seem to be anything specific regarding the access mechanism of the safe in Victoria, just the construction and installation of the safe itself.
SCHEDULE 4 STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
1 Longarm licences for category A and B longarms
(1) The firearm must be stored in a receptacle—
(a) which is constructed of hard wood or steel that is not easily penetrable; and
(b) which, if it weighs less than 150 kilograms when it is empty, must be fixed to the frame of the floor or the wall of the premises where the firearm is kept in such a manner that it is not easily removable; and
(c) which, when any firearm is stored in it, is locked with a lock of sturdy construction.
Here:
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/retrieveme ... a_id=81634Oddly information regarding the key to access the safe is missing from the A/B section, but present in C/D and Collector license sections.
The key to the container in which the firearm is
stored must—
(a) be carried by the holder of the licence; or
(b) be kept securely in a separate room from the container—when the container is not being accessed.
Nothing else regarding other locking and access systems I was able to see.