New atf gun law

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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.

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[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.