Geeetrain wrote:I was out at Little River yesterday sighting in a rifle and one of the range officer said that police at another range near the NSW Vic border covertly went through the members cars in the carpark while they were shooting and managed to seized 26 unsecured firearms from members unlocked cars... seems a awful lot of rifles and unlocked cars
Can anyone confirm this...if this is true maybe these spot searches are scheduled at other ranges
bladeracer wrote:Geeetrain wrote:I was out at Little River yesterday sighting in a rifle and one of the range officer said that police at another range near the NSW Vic border covertly went through the members cars in the carpark while they were shooting and managed to seized 26 unsecured firearms from members unlocked cars... seems a awful lot of rifles and unlocked cars
Can anyone confirm this...if this is true maybe these spot searches are scheduled at other ranges
Unless they had warrants that would've been illegal.
Rod_outbak wrote:If they were searching cars in the range car park (ie not on a public street/land), I'd question whether the searches are illegal.
[Kinda funny for someone to leave a big-arse bitey dog in the unlocked car, and see how happy Plod is about taking a peek without owners permission...]
pomemax wrote:Rod_outbak wrote:If they were searching cars in the range car park (ie not on a public street/land), I'd question whether the searches are illegal.
[Kinda funny for someone to leave a big-arse bitey dog in the unlocked car, and see how happy Plod is about taking a peek without owners permission...]
I would love to see this but thinking about it My luck i would get booked for leaving the dog in the car .
When I was doing IPSC training this very question came up the instructors said IT GETS DONE AT LEAST once a year at some range in NSW and most time you never hear about it poor blokes have to just cop it sweet , they left the firearms unattended in unlocked car police don,t need a warrant to check your car is locked, technical crime I call it tho
Download wrote:bladeracer wrote:Geeetrain wrote:I was out at Little River yesterday sighting in a rifle and one of the range officer said that police at another range near the NSW Vic border covertly went through the members cars in the carpark while they were shooting and managed to seized 26 unsecured firearms from members unlocked cars... seems a awful lot of rifles and unlocked cars
Can anyone confirm this...if this is true maybe these spot searches are scheduled at other ranges
Unless they had warrants that would've been illegal.
It's not
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/ ... es/9944598
Member-Deleted wrote:If the Police can wander around that range carpark, covertly, and take firearms out of unlocked cars then so could any joker off the street. It's not rocket science nor any great inconvenience. Lock it or lose it.
bladeracer wrote:[
Absolutely, and they should be charged the same as any other thief illegally taking your property.
JSS wrote:I've got to say if someone leaves their guns in an unlocked car in the very car park a clever crook might target to try and find himself some firearms then they should have them seized.
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bladeracer wrote:Download wrote:bladeracer wrote:Geeetrain wrote:I was out at Little River yesterday sighting in a rifle and one of the range officer said that police at another range near the NSW Vic border covertly went through the members cars in the carpark while they were shooting and managed to seized 26 unsecured firearms from members unlocked cars... seems a awful lot of rifles and unlocked cars
Can anyone confirm this...if this is true maybe these spot searches are scheduled at other ranges
Unless they had warrants that would've been illegal.
It's not
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/ ... es/9944598
I don't see anything in that story saying it's legal for them to search a vehicle.
Yes, they can check if it's locked, unless it's on private property, but an unlocked vehicle does not give them search or seizure warrants.
bladeracer wrote:JSS wrote:I've got to say if someone leaves their guns in an unlocked car in the very car park a clever crook might target to try and find himself some firearms then they should have them seized.
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Agreed, provided Police have lawful reason for discovering those unsecured firearms.
How many hundreds of vehicles are they illegally searching that don't have any firearms in them?
When do they start searching vehicles parking at shopping centres for anything that might be criminal?
bladeracer wrote:Download wrote:bladeracer wrote:Geeetrain wrote:I was out at Little River yesterday sighting in a rifle and one of the range officer said that police at another range near the NSW Vic border covertly went through the members cars in the carpark while they were shooting and managed to seized 26 unsecured firearms from members unlocked cars... seems a awful lot of rifles and unlocked cars
Can anyone confirm this...if this is true maybe these spot searches are scheduled at other ranges
Unless they had warrants that would've been illegal.
It's not
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/ ... es/9944598
I don't see anything in that story saying it's legal for them to search a vehicle.
Yes, they can check if it's locked, unless it's on private property, but an unlocked vehicle does not give them search or seizure warrants.
TassieTiger wrote:When I joined our local clay club, I’d take a couple boxes with me to shoot, lock the car and then return when I was empty.
Some of the older members weee laughing at me locking the car - some have me a decent ribbing over it...but I continued to lock it.
The firearms testing facility is held at the same place, so I asked the tester wtf - he said it was a public place, anyone can drive into the car park, so lock the vehicle or face potential consequences - some of the older guys were being just so complacent.
Geeetrain wrote:I've heard a gun lic comes up when they search our car rego.