Handgun hunting in Australia?

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Post by brett1868 » 15 Feb 2018, 1:07 pm

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Re: Handgun hunting in Australia?

Post by LNK » 18 Feb 2024, 11:25 pm

It's no wonder millions of people want to go to the USA. It's the only place left that people can actually be citizens. All other countries have to do to keep their smart people and end the brain drain, is adopt the same constitution.
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Post by bladeracer » 18 Feb 2024, 11:42 pm

LNK wrote:It's no wonder millions of people want to go to the USA. It's the only place left that people can actually be citizens. All other countries have to do to keep their smart people and end the brain drain, is adopt the same constitution.


I consider parts of the US to have worse firearm laws than parts of OZ, it's not all nirvana.

What we need is a real government instead of the corrupt mess we have here that we've developed for decades into something that is almost unbreakable.
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Post by Larry » 19 Feb 2024, 7:08 am

I dont believe it was ever a thing which was probably a good thing. Handguns are next level when it come down to dangerous handling and use and we could of ended up with even more draconian laws as I am sure the accidents and injuries would have been a trigger to the population.
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Post by No1Mk3 » 19 Feb 2024, 9:23 am

Larry wrote:I dont believe it was ever a thing which was probably a good thing. Handguns are next level when it come down to dangerous handling and use and we could of ended up with even more draconian laws as I am sure the accidents and injuries would have been a trigger to the population.


It was, in Queensland and the NT. Data from the US strongly suggest handgun hunting is safer than rifle hunting due to the types of game commonly shot and the closer ranges allowing more positive identification of larger species ie: Deer & Bear. I don't believe handguns, in use by experienced shooters who are required to use them often, are any more dangerous than rifles in the hands of casuals. Most firearm injuries would appear to be from occasional hunters rather than those who hunt often. Hunting in the US, with all types of weapons, longarms, both cartridge and muzzle loaders, handguns, bow, crossbow, is still the 2nd safest sporting activity after Billiards with the overwhelming majority of hunting accidents being falling out of trees, ( 3 to 500 vs 100 with firearms).
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Re: Handgun hunting in Australia?

Post by bladeracer » 19 Feb 2024, 10:04 am

Larry wrote:I dont believe it was ever a thing which was probably a good thing. Handguns are next level when it come down to dangerous handling and use and we could of ended up with even more draconian laws as I am sure the accidents and injuries would have been a trigger to the population.


If a handgun is properly holstered there is very little likelihood of any kind of accident, unlike a rifle being carried or slung. Handguns are more easily swept across targets that should not be targeted but it doesn't take a great amount of training to learn to avoid that. I doubt handguns would be any more dangerous in a hunting environment than longarms, in fact, they'd probably be safer because of the way they are being carried. Remember that we already have many thousands of Police officers walking around densely populated areas while carrying handguns, for decades now, with virtually zero accidents occurring.
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Post by Blr243 » 19 Feb 2024, 11:35 am

As long as they stay off the dance floor. I saw a YouTube vid couple of days ago comparing a 454 casul from a revolver to a bushmaster shot from a rifle. It was shooting big clay blocks. The bushmaster pulled up in the second block. The casul destroyed all three blocks and then passed thu the backstop as well. The casul must b a beast of a thing .. but I guess velocity and bullet construction must have played a part as well.
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