WildHunter wrote:Subject I've often wondered. It really is interpretation. Now I reckon in Victoria you can get away it. You have to simply lay down the facts and show how you interpreted the law.
- It is legal to dry fire your firearm as you are not discharging it.
- It would be legal to dry fire an air rifle for the exact same reason.
- On the advice of the above it would essentially be legal to clean your air rifle using those patches you cover in oil and shoot through the barrel, as you are not discharging an ammunition.
- Air rifle pellets are not considered ammunition under Victorian law, and you do not require a licence to purchase them. To reiterate. Pellets are not ammunition.
- Thus if you were to get caught firing an air rifle in your back yard, it is my interpretation of the law that there was no discharging of any ammunition (under Victorian law) through the air rifle.
I reckon you could get away with it.
If anyone wants to try this, and get back to me with the outcome that would be great
Gwion wrote:So, you can go for your life in the back yard with your slug gun
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
Gwion wrote:Hey, why not? I use a 7-08 in my back yard!
bladeracer wrote:Gwion wrote:Hey, why not? I use a 7-08 in my back yard!
Me too
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
Heckler303 wrote:bladeracer wrote:Gwion wrote:Hey, why not? I use a 7-08 in my back yard!
Me too
Try a full .303 and test the will of your good neighbours
pedro4977 wrote:Although not legal in a semi rural area of se qld where I used to live on a couple of acres with neighbors that couldn't care less, I was still not prepared to lose my licence. Now, in the People's Republic of Canberra, I'm scared to even touch the keys to my gun safe!
f***ed up ain't it!
pedro4977 wrote:That’s a damn shame Angel, but surely that would not get through in QLD?
Not quite enough “watermelons” in the population up the as there is down this way. Seriously they just wasted a s**t load of money, 800k, on sterilisation of Kangaroos down here in the ACT, and it wasn’t even successful!
I hope your premier, wheelbarrow or whatever her name is gets the Arse soon and all this madness goes away!