Prettybird wrote:SendIt wrote:You're not storing problematic tools in the same shed, so that's good.
I'd be interested to read something official on that.
I googled without any luck.
Interesting point, what tools would have to be in the shed for you to be said to have failed your storage requirements if it was broken into.
Feels like a grey one as it is.
Hmm.
There isn't anything official because it's not in the regulations, or in the act. It is a recommendation however that you don't (see page 3)
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/ass ... 180816.pdfBear in mind that they can cancel your licence pretty much because they feel like it. So maybe you would not get done for failing your storage requirements in that scenario but there's lots of other ways to ruin your day. I don't know but I would imagine, that if someone breaks into your shed and then gets into the safe using the angle grinder you keep next to it, it's not going to look great. The most important part of the act is the bit about "Any person in possession of a firearm must take all reasonable precautions to ensure the firearm is kept safely, is not lost or stolen and does not come into the possession of an unauthorised person".
Get a magistrate on a bad day, I don't know if leaving power tools that could be used to break into the safe, with the safe, is going to pass the "all reasonable precautions" test.
One of the issues raised when they did the most recent legislative review of the act, was storage of firearms in farm sheds. Basically because they are often out of sight, and they often left alone for long periods, and they often have tools. That's why you can't store anymore in a building that's not a residence unless you can easily observe the building from the residence.