Victorian firearm owners are preparing to make changes to gun storage under new requirements coming into effect on August 30.
All firearms must be stored in a purpose-built steel storage receptacle, with a steel thickness of at least 1.6mm. If the receptacle weighs less than 150 kilograms when empty it must be bolted to the structure of the premises, it must also be locked with a sturdy lock when a firearm is inside.
Victoria Police is advising firearm owners to check their current storage situation to ensure it complies with the new requirements.
The rules are not new for category C and D and general category handguns, but they are new for category A and B longarms, such as airguns, non-semiautomatic rimfire rifles and shotguns (not semi-automatic, pump-action or lever action).

Eastern Region Division's firearms officer leading senior constable Mi