Daddybang wrote:Mitch@Ripley wrote:I always thought it HAD to be 40 acres for any registered "weapon"...not that it stopped me on 1.5 with the air rifle. What do you reckon the go would be with a .22 lr?
In qld there is no legislation to cover the land req there is however a Generally accepted min of forty acres for the use of a firesrm ij a rural area. If ya use a firearm on less than forty they will probably ping ya under the minimum distance from dwelling or road part of the weapons act. If ya get an a@@hole cop they will find a way.
There is no "minimum distance from dwelling or road" in the QLD weapons legislation, only that you can't "without reasonable excuse, discharge a
weapon in, into, towards, over or through a public place." (Section 57 (4)) and you must not "engage in conduct, alone or with another, likely to cause—
unlawful destruction or damage to property" (Section 58 (2) (d)).
The 40 acre thing is WLB policy and procedure when applying for a RE licence, that is, it is the point that determines how much work someone at WLB will have to do when approving a licence application.