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Pistol Safes.

Post by RoginaJack » 04 May 2015, 2:40 pm

Got a email from BROWNELLS the other day and found a couple of pistol safes interesting, are they available out here?

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Post by 460XVR » 04 May 2015, 3:28 pm

You can probably get one but they dont meet any regulations in aus for safe storage, if you were inspected and there was a handgun inside they would confiscate your firearms.
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Post by Streamline » 05 May 2015, 1:08 pm

I reckon you've got no chance of that passing.

Legislative requirements for Category D, H or R firearms storage
Section 60 of the Weapons Regulation provides minimum requirements for safe keeping of Category D, H and R firearms including:
• The container must of a rigid structure, made of solid steel;
• Be bolted to the frame or floor of a permanent building;
• The container must have a sturdy combination lock, keyed lock or keyed padlock;


18 gauge steel is only 1.27mm, I seriously doubt they'll accept that as "solid".

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Looking at the gap between 'door' and 'body' in the picture too, I reckon it would take all of about 30 seconds to open that with a crowbar.

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Post by Davies » 06 May 2015, 9:40 am

Looks like something to just keep the kids away in the US where there aren't storage requirements.
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Post by Seconds » 06 May 2015, 2:15 pm

It would be a nice little bedside unit for a home defence pistol though, if such things were allowed here.
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Post by Lyam » 07 May 2015, 2:37 pm

Only ways 3kg so would be cheap to ship.

No good for regular storage as already covered but looks like it would be a good box to transport in in the car. If you had the box bolted to the inside of the tray in your/boot of the 4WD instead of carrying a lose case which could be taken, that would make sense.
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Post by Title_II » 08 May 2015, 10:49 am

Seconds wrote:It would be a nice little bedside unit for a home defence pistol though, if such things were allowed here.


Am I to take this to mean you can own firearms but not have them ready to defend yourself in your own home?
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Post by trekin » 08 May 2015, 10:54 am

Title_II wrote:
Seconds wrote:It would be a nice little bedside unit for a home defence pistol though, if such things were allowed here.


Am I to take this to mean you can own firearms but not have them ready to defend yourself in your own home?

In nearly all States and territories, self defence is not considered a genuine reason for ownership of a firearm.
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Post by Baldrick314 » 08 May 2015, 10:56 am

Title_II wrote:Am I to take this to mean you can own firearms but not have them ready to defend yourself in your own home?


That's correct. We can't own firearms for the purpose of self defense and if we were in a life threatening situation where we used them to defend ourselves we'd have some serious questions to answer because by the law the firearms should be locked in a safe and the ammunition locked in a separate safe/storage container.
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Post by Title_II » 08 May 2015, 11:00 am

I'm really not sure what to say and I think I'll stick with that.
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Post by rainwalker » 11 May 2015, 10:52 am

Title_II wrote:Am I to take this to mean you can own firearms but not have them ready to defend yourself in your own home?


Indeed.

More than that, there have been a few cases here where someone has shot an intruder. In just about all cases I can think of the defender has face criminal charges afterwards.

Not necessarily depending on the circumstances, one I can remember a neighbour heard a scuffle and found some junkie trying to choke his neighbour to death and shot the guy. In the end I don't think they pressed charges (mostly because the guy was elderly and had cancer and wasn't due to be around much longer so what's the point?) but it was being discussed and on the cards with police.

In the US I doubt it even would have been mentioned. In different circumstances with the guy here I expect they would have charged him with something afterwards too.
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Post by Korkt » 13 May 2015, 12:58 pm

Title_II wrote:Am I to take this to mean you can own firearms but not have them ready to defend yourself in your own home?


We're supposed to call the Police and hope we don't get killed in the 15 minutes it takes them to get there.
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Post by Baldrick314 » 13 May 2015, 4:05 pm

Korkt wrote:We're supposed to call the Police and hope we don't get killed in the 15 minutes it takes them to get there.


:shock: You must live right next door to the station. I think average response time around here is 40 minutes
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