Hi 'SouthernBoy'
You may mate. Some try by arriving unannounced, say they are doing safe keeping checks and happen to be in the area, "Can we come in etc,. The Law requires them to contact the owner by phone or in writing and arrange a suitable time for both partys to do the safe keeping check. I have had them come unannounced only to send them away and have them come back when it suited me. Thats the law.
The silly thing about this law as any sane person can see is the fact that the government has made a law which ties up streched police resorses in wasting time checking Law Abiding citizens firearms safe keeping, while criminals run fee!
The law also states that no less than 2 officers carry out the check, although I did once have one, a young female officer, do a safe keeping check. I asked her if the law had changed, knowing full well it hadn't? She replied, we are so busy my partner is attending to another urgent matter. So, heres a very pretty young inexperienced female officer, I would guess her age to be between 22 and 25, aprox 5.6 inches tall, weight around 8 stone, Glock holstered by her right side, in my home at the appointed time, checking my firearms safe keeping arrangements. Imagin the consequences if I was a criminal?
Makes no sense at all. With the increase in crime in our area, you wont believe this, I have had three checks in the past two years? They laugh when they call now. I ask them are the crims having a day off this week? Maybe we can arrange a time on that day. Haz.