duncan61 wrote:I appreciate I am a plumbing contractor with all the drills and ability but serious people you have to buy or build a suitable storage container/gun safe that complies to the easily read instructions and bolt it to wall/ floor with 4 suitable bolts/coach screws.It can be done for $300AUD or less if you get a second hand gunsafe of gumtree.Takes about 1 hour
What is this emergency you need quick access,If you are having problems with cats or foxes keep you firearm loaded and with you.Its legal to have your lic firearm with you just dont leave it lying around for someone else to get and you are all good
.I remember how cool it was to have my 12g Greener on the wall above the fireplace but house breakins for drugs are on the up and it takes a bit of explaining where your shotguns gone.
.I had my safe ripped off the wall at Burringarrah remote Aborigional community.They used my plumbing tools to break it open in the bush and shot off all my ammo at the tip.I was not charged with anything and Meekatharra police recovered all my stuff by bargaining with the perps and I went and got it all back from the police station
You weren't charged with anything, but if you had so much as a bullet casing in the wrong place during a storage inspection, you'd have your license revoked.
Meanwhile, the people who did all this to you had what happen to them?
You say the police bargained for your stuff back (which you had to put together yourself with no assistance or compensation). OMG, the police had to bargain with the crims and you add that you weren't charged with anything, apparently accepting it all as par for the course these days.
You're a more patient man than I.
You wrote about how you used to have your shottie up on the wall but say break-ins are on the rise.
Might I suggest that if there was the same level of firearms freedom that there used to be, easier access for those who desire it would more than compensate for the return of guns to the walls of people's homes? I find it hard to believe that anyone still thinks the current storage requirements do anything but
attract criminals to the homes of licensed gun owners. Plus, guns on the wall are there for you as well and may actually enhance home security.
You write-
What is this emergency you need quick access,If you are having problems with cats or foxes keep you firearm loaded and with you.Its legal to have your lic firearm with you just dont leave it lying around for someone else to get and you are all good
It might not be cats or foxes the LAFO is worried about. You appear to be confused as to what kind of situation might possibly arise for LAFO's to want realistic access to their firearms. There are several threads in this forum dealing with the topic. Have a look, it's makes for interesting reading.
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, and that includes ease of access.
Would you be "all good" if the police were to knock on your door unannounced for an inspection, and your guns and ammo weren't exactly where they were supposed to be?