Illegal to have more than one loaded gun in the safe?

[farmer-el]

There is an article in the latest SA hunter entitled "The go to back-up gun". The author states "Our quirky law allows only one firearm loaded in the safe...." Never read or seen anything about this. More misunderstanding. I was told by a club member once it was illegal to arrive at the range with my sport gun's mag's loaded!

[Blunderbuss]

Heard the same story re unloaded in the safe. If accurate, I wonder if that affects all lisenced FA's or only those issues under the FCA. I still keep the little Norinco locked and loaded in the safe along with my SD revolver.

[Prodigal]

i haven't seen that at all, but I have noticed that the act says that all firearms (except those licenced for SD) must be stored unloaded.

[Anomander]

Well, that's the beauty of a pistol over a revolver. Let's say you have a Glock for SD and one for sportshooting. To comply with the law you simply keep the SD gun loaded, and have a fully loaded magazine next to but not inserted into the backup gun. The backup gun is then completely unloaded, as required by law, but popping a mag in an racking the slide will take you about 1 second.If you have time to run to your safe and look for your backup, then you will probably have the time to pop a mag into it as well.What I'm saying is a pistol can go from unloaded to 17 or even 33 rounds ready for use very quickly. Just have loaded mags ready, which is perfectly legal.

[Baboon Shooter]

Hi Guys, I will take the chance! my back up is always ready.

[domenic]

Hi Guys, I will take the chance! my back up is always ready.

Agree 100%

[CharlieOlivier]

I have a Rossi LA .357 Mag which is licensed for hunting purposes.

Part of my motivation was that I keep sheep and from time to time predators attack my sheep, thus if I have this rifle ready & available I would be able to 'defend' my sheep.

I made it quite clear that I intend to keep this rifle in a loaded condition. I also stated that sometimes it may be BG's that are the predators and that I have no way of telling which type of predators are attacking my sheep before I reach them.

Personally I think they never read my motivation and presumed with about 30 pages I have got enough reason to approve the license.

[Prodigal]

Telling someone that I believe I have good reason to be exempt from a law and them not disagreeing with me doesn't make me exempt from that law.

[CharlieOlivier]

True, but what do you do if you hear something that goes bump in the night and you go to shoot a jackal or something and are met by 3 BG's which are armed? I now the law states you can use any firearm at your disposal at this time to defend yourself.

As for the loaded storage I'm not so sure of,actually I never really thought a bout that one. But yes the fact that they did not disagree with me does not make it legal to keep a firearm which is intended for hunting purposes in a loaded condition.

[Gidsie]

Well... store your rifle outside the safe at night, round chambered and ready to use...