mchughcb wrote:People who travel more than 5.1km from their home should be given the same leniency as people who speed 3km over the speed limit.
Disagree! Because in Victoria 3kph over the limit is a fine with fixed camera's! (2kph tolerance and then straight to a hefty fine). You may not have known that - but sadly that's the case. 100m is nitpicking and serves no good purpose except to oppress people more and instill more fear and anxiety.
Victoria lost the plot some time ago and we are now a train running fast and out of control when it comes to the loss of common sense, discretion, understanding and basic human compassion. We are the "red"ist state in the country and it seems there's no sign of us reversing our direction, let alone slowing down as far as our leaders and medias passions are concerned with Vicpol looking like they're just as keen as well as many voters. <sigh>
Every chance they have to help or stick it to law abiding firearm owners - it seems they choose the latter unless their hand is forced. At a time where especially many of the elderly and more susceptible to COVID would choose to stay away from others - VicPol still chose to keep an attendance requirement for pistols (although saving face by 'reducing' it). It wouldn't have cost anything (even save money actually), but definitely would not have done any harm whatsoever for VicPol to simply give shooters a break to show some compassion and kindness to those who contribute and keep the law in this stage - but no. We're shown the full contempt the authorities have for us - and now this as another "stick it to 'em".
I also notice that the government also continues on a direction away from governing us as the people and continuing down the path of ruling over us instead. A few decades ago the government never wouldn't have gotten away with so much. Now in such a short time I'm seeing many people out their begging the government to rule more! There's people that actually like this!!!! Dirt must be shifting around this country all over the place as our ANZAC's roll over in their graves.