trekin wrote:So what you are saying, is that because I've worked as an assistant shotfirer in the distant past, and the knowledge gained from attending school back in the day when real chemistry was taught, that you would consider me to be terrorist just waiting to blow people up. This I expect from the antis, the Govt, and the police, but I must say to hear it from someone within our own ranks rates pretty low on my list.
The laws, as they stand, only effect, and are only abided by, those who choose to not break them.
That is a crazy and pointless analogy. Having an industrial skill or knowledge is in no way analogous to wilfully breaking the law (having un-registered firearms).
OK, so you don't break the law but if it is easy for you to get a semi-auto with out a catC or carD, then you know people who do.
Do tell us: hypothetically: these people who are so numerous with semi-autos to sell to any and all takers; would they sell me one if I just walked up and asked them in the pub? Would they sell one to someone they thought was potentially another Martin Bryant?
I think you know the answers to both those questions is no.
So, it's not as easy as some of you like to make out to procure illegal weapons. You have to spend time gaining the trust of the crim who sells them and risk the repercussions if you screw up and bring attention to them.
Like it or not; it is the law and if you or your friends decide to ignore it you are in breach of the law and guilty of an offence. If you were truly "law abiding" you would hand the guns in or sell them in an amnesty.