linkoln wrote:The problem is that all lrd have to do is say sorry i don't like that so it's banned then it is up to a single private entity to fund a challenge against a government organisation with unlimited funds.
Until we address the source of the problem which is uneducated pencil pushers classifying something they know nothing about this will continue.
I was watching a video on Canadian gun laws and when a new gun arrived in the country a board looks at it and judges it on how it works and classify it based on facts rather than emotions.
DecaHex wrote:
Another big problem is finding a club that will allow it to be used in an appropriate discipline to get the club support.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:DecaHex wrote:
Another big problem is finding a club that will allow it to be used in an appropriate discipline to get the club support.
For a sports licence yes, however some people have obtained them on collector licences so that is not a problem. No mag limits on collector licences too so chuck on the 32 round mag if you can find one.
bladeracer wrote:
Sure, as long as you don't want to actually go shooting with it.
In WA it is illegal to possess ammo that fits a firearm held on a collectors licence.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:bladeracer wrote:
Sure, as long as you don't want to actually go shooting with it.
In WA it is illegal to possess ammo that fits a firearm held on a collectors licence.
Really? Don't they do collector shoot days in WA? Surely they do.
brett wrote:do you have a link to which part of the act your getting your info from? how does someone have a 22lr on a collectors license use their 22lr cat A rifle as well as their 22lr cat H handgun if it is illegal to posses 22lr ammo?
also im pretty sure my german walther PPK from the 1950's has been fired before. Im sure 99% or collectors firearms have been fired before. Even brand new firearms that go straight onto a collectors license have likely been lest fired in the factory, and they can be test fired by a gunsmith to make sure it is functioning correctly. Its like someone that collects antique cars. A mechanic still needs to start them up occasionally to get the fluids flowing to prevent corrosion and damage from not being used.
bladeracer wrote:brett wrote:do you have a link to which part of the act your getting your info from? how does someone have a 22lr on a collectors license use their 22lr cat A rifle as well as their 22lr cat H handgun if it is illegal to posses 22lr ammo?
also im pretty sure my german walther PPK from the 1950's has been fired before. Im sure 99% or collectors firearms have been fired before. Even brand new firearms that go straight onto a collectors license have likely been lest fired in the factory, and they can be test fired by a gunsmith to make sure it is functioning correctly. Its like someone that collects antique cars. A mechanic still needs to start them up occasionally to get the fluids flowing to prevent corrosion and damage from not being used.
Been trying to find it but can't
You were correct that you can possess ammo if you have an open licence for a firearm that also uses it, I was only referring to collectors licences.
Yes, it wasn't about proving a firearm has ever been fired, it was about proving it has been fired while held on a collectors licence.
I probably have a screenshot buried somewhere, but I can't see it in the Act or Regs any more. Maybe they revoked it and simply added it under seizure of any firearm believed to have been used for an indictable offence? If using a collectors firearm is an indictable offence now that would cover it.
bladeracer wrote:
I found it, but it's a Victorian Law, not WA.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:bladeracer wrote:
I found it, but it's a Victorian Law, not WA.
Yeah they all say that mate but the permit from section 58 it refers too is the commissioners permit for a collectors shoot.
But very interesting about the part where they can take the firearm.
WA law allows the commissioner to make everybody hand in all of their guns if he sees fit. I can't remember the exact wording but it is something like that.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:bladeracer wrote:
WA law allows the commissioner to make everybody hand in all of their guns if he sees fit. I can't remember the exact wording but it is something like that.
brett wrote:Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:bladeracer wrote:
WA law allows the commissioner to make everybody hand in all of their guns if he sees fit. I can't remember the exact wording but it is something like that.
so when the next wave of covid or the next version of covid hits the commissioner can not only close all gun ranges and therefore cancel all cat H licenses ( as no range means no genuine need ) he can also demand collectors firearms too
one non elected person should not have that much power!
boingk wrote:The bit below that mentions no licence required...
Get in on those and see what you can obtain without a licence. Store those for the apocalypse.
- boingk
animalpest wrote:If you are referring to the WA Firearms Act s. 7 above then that doesn't mention others to make the "delivery". Not sure what you are referring to about couriers, military etc