Recently applied for gun licence a few question

[Thenewkid123]

G'day guys first time poster here...

Within the last couple of days I've applied for a class a and b firearms licence through A sapol branch in Adelaide.
My purposes for the licence is hunting and target shooting. I myself do not own any property but I do have a few friends with big blocks of property, one friend has 600acres (part time farmer, with a chook farm.)

Basicly I've I been inspired to acquire my licence and go shooting with that friend as he has a big pest problem with foxes with his chooks and goes rabbit hunting a lot, my other friends also go hunting on there properties for rabbits etc as well.

My old man and grandad use to do a lot of duck shooting and own a couple of shotguns and have gladly told me I can inheret the guns if I do the right thing and get my licence.

Basicly I just have a few questions as some other friends beg to differ about me acquiring a licence, I dunno if there just jealous I'm going through with it as we've all spoken about acquiring licences for years and I've finally gone for it.

1. Do I stand a chance getting my class a and b licence living in a metropolitan area?

2. Even though I have friends that will vouch for me with the hunting side of things and even the gun inheretince, is it true I will most likely get denied even with having the proper safety stuff e.g. Gun safe, seperate ammo tin etc

3. How long does it take for the sa firearms branch to contact you?

Basicly just after some advice from some experienced people that know what There on about and not just saying I don't have a chance just cause they say so.

My friends with property believe I'll have no problems but I wouldn't mind 2nd opinion

Thanks for your time

Thenewkid

[yoshie]

As long as you can satisfy the polices requirements and you don't have a criminal records or any other reason to bar you from owning a firearm you shouldn't have a problem. There are 2 reasons basically for owning a cat a and b, rec hunting, having written permission to hunt on suitable land will suffice that. Or target shooting, being a member of a gun club is the other reason. As long as your mate's property is suitable you should be able to use his property as a genuine reason to have act a and or b. You will need a safe and suitable ammo storage. Won't matter where you live.

[Thenewkid123]

Yeah I got no criminal record or nothing I'm completely clean... Besides a few minor traffic offences but who hasn't been caught speeding and what not

So basicly if they turn around and ask just supply them with a letter from my friend saying I can shoot on his property?

[Bennybigbores]

Hi, not sure of SA licensing but as yoshie has said already target or rec hunting. You have to be a member of a range if you ticked target etc. if you ticked reason as target without range membership no go, and a letter from a landholder won't help as it falls into the other category (rec hunting and vermin control) so you have to go either way. Even when stating on a permit to acquire, the reason for acquiring has to correspond with your licensing, I have rec hunting, put in PTA for a heavy barrel .22lr and stating reason as wanted to get into target shooting, permitt denied as my license did not state target shooting. Funny how it works, resubmitted PTA reason was pest control... Accepted!

[huccl]

Besides a few minor traffic offences but who hasn't been caught speeding and what not

That's not the kind of thing they're looking for.

Any boo-boos where you just get a ticket and go on your way aren't a problem.

It's if you've been charged, gone to court, convicted etc.

[Releb]

Yep.

If your interested the 2 levels of offences are summary offences like speeding tickets and indictable offences which are real "crimes". Drugs, violence, theft etc.

It's being convicted of an indictable offence that prohibits you from getting your shooters license.

[yl88]

I have heard that you'll be banned for 10 years from getting firearms if you are convicted.

[Bourt]

It can be 5 or 10 depending on what the conviction is for.