New atf gun law

[CINDERS]

Sorry for the burst Bob but I feel sharing how different bills that are being passed and enforced should perhaps be shared, what is happening to us here is orchestrated by the Police dept licensing branch not the parliamentarians it's about law not political views but what changes are affecting our sports and collections.
Sure as eggs other parts of the world may be looking at what is happening here Jim has already said to me that Canada looks closely at us as well and Canada aint that far from you'se guys a darn sight closer than Western Australia.

[Sapper740]

I'll keep this post apolitical. I was very happy to be able to leave Canada and move to Texas when the opportunity arose since none of the political parties could be trusted to respect the gun owning traditions of our Canadian forbearers. I lost two great uncles in the Great War who in 1915 when they shipped over to Ol' Blighty were most likely issued Ross MkIII rifles initially and then SMLEs later. My father served in WWII in the RCN as did my Texas wife's grandfather (there's a story or two there!). It was very important to me to be able to collect any and all weapons that any of our families could have carried in battle. Despite increasingly stringent restrictions against autoloaders in Canada and elsewhere I always knew that even the most vehement anti-gun nut would leave the venerable old Lee Enfield alone. Well, I was wrong.

[browningautorifle]

What the uninvolved people should be asking instead of why we need such things is why do others want all of us unarmed.

[Sapper740]

What the uninvolved people should be asking instead of why we need such things is why do others want all of us unarmed.

They'll have to find out the hard way.

[CINDERS]

They duped the public!
The Police Minister used the TRG firing a 50 cal sniper rifle filmed by the Channel Seven News Crew as public scare mongering.
This aired on the news under the guise that there was this type of weapon was out there in the general public owned by civilians saying how far it could hit a target and how destructive it was also it was too dangerous to be in the hands of civilians.

So the sh*te hit the fan over the news item featuring them firing that 50 cal here is why AFAIK;
That particular range was not gazetted (Legal) for that rifle caliber most state owned ranges are only up to 8mm. (Ours is Commonwealth owned (ARMY) but we are still restricted to 8mm)
The fall out template was to small for the caliber used.
They shot at bricks and cinderblock's which is illegal on our ranges we are forbidden to have any type of hard targets like steel or brick/concrete etc.
The demonstration affected civilian air traffic which had to be diverted from above the area incase of a wayward round ricochet going skyward after hitting the hard target.
I also heard they had inadequate personnel stationed around the perimeter in case of the public being in the vicinity.

They also put on the news a map full of nice little dots of where every licensed firearm was in the Perth metro area any savvy criminal would have saved that map which gave them a grocery store to shop in as it showed exactly where the firearms are, they took the map down but it would have been to late anyway.

[painter777]

They also put on the news a map full of nice little dots of where every licensed firearm was in the Perth metro area

[Sapper740]

They also put on the news a map full of nice little dots of where every licensed firearm was in the Perth metro area any savvy criminal would have saved that map which gave them a grocery store to shop in as it showed exactly where the firearms are, they took the map down but it would have been to late anyway.

For some insane reason the thought of an armed populace is more terrifying to some people than the thought of armed criminals.

[Aragorn243]

A couple of municipalities in the US released information on where gun owners lived. I never heard any adverse results from it. Just a lot of complaints.

[CINDERS]

Thing is Aragorn ppl are less likely to try and burgle a house in the USA due to the fact they may contract a fatal dose of lead poisoning, we here do not have your laws regarding home invasions or robberies.
Case in point ~ Recently in Australia 3 thugs smashed their way into a house attacking the elderly man with an axe nearly severing one of his hands.
The old tiger fought back grabbing a knife and killing one of the assailants with it whilst the other cronies fled.
It was heard or mentioned the police may be charging the old man with unlawful killing. (Such are our stupid laws protecting criminals)

[usabaker]

move to Texas when the opportunity arose

I'll be joining you in two or three years, as soon as my last kid graduates from University. Peoples Republic of Kalifornia it wearing on me hard and its not just the gun laws its everything.