1290 wrote:I dont know why any shooters would want to move to WA or SA..... sure they're nice country.. but firearm law-wise
For reference, a Victorian Firearm Licence is 'invalidated' and ceases to effectively exist as soon as your residential address ceases to be Victorian.... so as soon as you move over the border, to live, you are un-licensed.
Dead right,, but idiotic.
ie: When beginning to shift to Qld from Vic, (a process that took 4 separate trips) my partner lost her purse midway on the 1st trip.
Doing the right thing as required by law she notified the relevant authorities that her driver and firearms license had been lost.
They asked the circumstances, and she said that we were starting to shift furniture etc to Qld where we were eventually going to reside.
They noted all that and thanked her for notifying the loss, but said nothing about her f/a license being made null and void.
After this she applied for a replacement license. (She was still actually a resident of Victoria)
A month went by, and she received a letter from Vic f/arms saying that she was an unlicensed firearm owner and had to hand in her firearm for destruction/sale.
The letter also made mention of criminal charges.
She rang them and said that she had already applied for her replacement license.
Their reply was that they had cancelled her f/a license when she reported it as being lost, and that as it had been cancelled, they could not and would not issue her with a replacement license.
A lot more BS ensued, and it took 6 months before it was eventually resolved.
At long last she was granted a replacement license, as well as an apology for the unfair treatment that she had endured.
Their previous stance of refusing a replacement license would have forced her to start from the bottom line to gain a f/a license when she did eventually get to Qld full time,, rather than a simple transfer from Vic license to a Qld license.
I do not fear death itself... Only its inopportune timing!
I've come to realize that,,,,, the two most loving, loyal, and trustworthy females in my entire life were both canines.