The third part of Australian Gun play Gun introduction Series 3: the purchase and Management of guns

Looking at the first two great gods personally shooting experience, presumably everyone is already boiling blood, let's get a systematic understanding of Australia's purchase and management of guns rules.

Detailed explanation of Australian gun certificate

A long time ago, Australia had a total of five types of gun certificates, which set out the types of guns that the licensee could own and use:

Class A: non-automatic air firearms

-non-automatic edge underfire rifle

– Single and double barrel shotguns

Class B: all front-loaded guns

– single, double and multiple central bottom fire rifles

-single post-loaded shotgun / rifle

Class C*: Automatic edge type bottom fire rifle (clip capacity less than or equal to 10 rounds)

– Automatic shotgun (carrying capacity less than or equal to 5 rounds)

– Pump-type shotgun (carrying capacity less than or equal to 5 rounds)

Class D*: All automatic central-type bottom fire rifles, and automatic and pump-type shotguns with automatic magazine capacity exceeding the C-type, automatic edge-type bottom fire rifles

Class H: all pistol, including gas pistol

However, C and D classes have been banned by the 1996 new law, so now this type of guns is only applicable to the military and police forces or some guns manufacturers, we ordinary people do not have the chance to own.

Australian states have their own guns regulations, but the entire system is connected to form a large guns and gun certificate management system. In Australia, holding guns is a "conditional special treatment" rather than a "rights." Whether a person should have an guns depends on whether he has the right reason, the so-called right reason, including the following:

Shoot sports enthusiast with recognized shoot club membership and legal use of guns within the clu
Leisure shoot / hunting with permission from public or private landlords
Security personnel or other recognized occupations requiring the use of guns
Guns collectors (you must be able to prove that you are a faithful collector)
Licensed by law or with a written ministerial license (e.g. guns for film production needs)

In addition, you must be 18 years old, healthy, mentally sound, and you need to provide identification documents (similar to the information required by a bank to open an account, such as driver's license, passport, credit card, etc.). If you are less than 18 years old, you must be under the guidance of the person to be able to shoot. The license is similar to a driver's license, which shows the holder's photo, address, and so on. Anyone should attend the highest level of safety training before buying a gun. Completion of the designated safety training course is a prerequisite for obtaining a gun certificate.

Your application will be rejected if one of the following is available (if you have obtained a gun permit, it will be cancelled):

Poor quality
Violating guns Management law
There are unsafe guns storage facilities or unsafe guns storage procedures
There is no longer a reasonable reason to have guns.
There have been some violations in the past 5 years (such as court injunctions, violence assaults on others, etc.)
There are certain diseases that cause you to be unfit to use guns

Australia buy guns needs to know

Before you buy each gun, you need to apply for a license to buy a gun PTA (as long as you have obtained a license to hold the gun). The license is waiting for at least 28 days and is valid for 90 days after the license is issued, during which time you can only purchase ammunition that matches the licensed possession of the guns.

To get PTA (PERMIT TO ACQUIRE A FIREARM), before NSW, buy guns, you need to provide your Gun Lincense. To apply for PTA So how do you get the Gun Lincense (Gun Lincense)? Pre-determination is to participate in a Firearms Licence Qualification Course. The course is mainly about safety and must be run by officially recognized institutions.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate, which will be attached to your license application and sent to the guns Authority. You also need a personal license application form (P561), an application form, a letter from your shoot club certifying your current membership (or a copy of a valid club membership card).

Play gun fee

Simply put, there are three major costs: club membership fees, security training fees (pre -), shoot related costs (range fees and bullet fees, etc.).

The fees vary from club to club, with the average annual fee ranging from 200 to 800. Some clubs charge range fees, that is, every time to go to shoot to charge a little fee, about $20. Some are all wrapped in the annual fee, like blacktown has a shoot field is like this, of course, his annual fee is a little more expensive than others, a lot more is a bit more cost-effective.

Some clubs will not charge training fees, but each time you have to pay the range fee, the overall cost of completing the training about $300 or so. Separate training courses seem to be more expensive. Consult the club you are participating in.

If you don't have your own gun, then you can rent a club gun, usually with automatic pistol and left-wheel pistol (only .22, 9mm don't think about it). 50 rounds of bullets and guns should be rented at a very low cost, around $5. 10.

Transportation of guns

During transport, the magazine needs to be separated from the gun and needs to be locked, which can be a trigger lock, etc.
Ammunition needs to be carried in another box that can be locked;
Guns can only carry it to the range, gun store, hunting or on his way home.

Storage of guns

Before buy guns, you need to install a law-compliant gun cabinet at home;
Class B is less than 150kg must be pinned to the ground or wall, greater than 150kg can not be used;
Class H must be nailed to the ground or wall;
The medicine needs to be stored separately, not with guns, so a small ammunition safe must be prepared.