Home Office Guide on Firearms Licensing Law November 2022
Secure Storage – The Firearms Security Handbook – provides advice on security measures appropriate to different types of firearms and ammunition in different circumstances. While the requirements to keep firearms securely are statutory, there are no statutory provisions on how this duty should be discharged.
The conditions of a firearm or shot gun certificate stipulate that guns must be stored securely so as to prevent access by an unauthorised person. The manner in which they are stored depends on the individual property and circumstances.
Guidance on secure keeping of firearms Conditions of Security Firearms Act 1968, Amendment Acts 1988 & 1997 The Firearms Rules 1998 state “firearms or shot guns to which a certificate relates must be stored securely at all times so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, access to the guns by unauthorised persons.”