The invention relates to the field of ordnance theft prevention, and discloses a gun in-place identification method. The method comprises the steps of confirming an ammunition state in a cabinet, selecting an unlocking mode, authenticating, responding to equipment, reporting a drawer closing state, storing a log and detecting a gun in place. According to the gun in-place identification method, theproblem that the cabinet door of an existing intelligent gun and bullet cabinet can only be controlled through a physical lock and a fingerprint coded lock is solved, the authority of an operator canbe set, an alarm can be started and linked with a video monitor, an electromagnetic lock and a bullet drawer lock of a cabinet door can be controlled through an intelligent control panel, different identity verification modes can be selected, a light supplementing lamp is turned on during identity verification, the identification accuracy can be guaranteed, and when the drawer and the cabinet door are closed, the closing state of the drawer and the cabinet door can be reported, so that the use time and frequency can be recorded and made into a log, the gun in-place state can be quickly detected, and emergency handling is facilitated.