Fionn wrote:womble wrote:The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
There will be a percentage of non compliance.
The state has failed to provide appropriate legislation to regulate ownership . Once again.
Of no benefit to shooters and certainly of no benefit to the greater community.
History repeats. Guns will go underground.
Rubbish, the Government is correcting the abuse of the laws, LAFO are to blame for the changes because they couldn't police themselves so the government is stepping in to do so.
It benefit's to non firearms owners as their are less firearms in the general public and less people owning firearms for non genuine reasons.
That's why it will pass, as its simple and makes sense to non firearm owners.
The vast majority will comply.
Some won’t.
That’s why we have amnesties.
This is not the first buy back we’ve seen. But it’s the first in a very long time and we still get a tremendous amount of firearms surrendered in amnesties.
I suspect it’s likely why we have an open amnesty, because the reported annual figures of surrendered firearms were so high as to embarrass our tough laws endeavours.
As said , the vast majority will comply, but also as an asside these types of laws encourage this misbehaviour. Some people are dishonest. They may never intend for those firearms to be misused.
Consider the perspective of someone who sees this governance as an insight into a bad future for their children. History strongly suggests as such. A government that does not trust it’s good citizens hardly inspires trust in itself.
Generations pass and times change. And sometimes those firearms fall into the wrong hands.
And then theres the perception of a volatile world/ uncertain future which we inevitably won’t be so immune from. That perception existed for some in the last buy back.
Not my perceptions, only relaying them. Some people are just a bit nuts.
And so, by default this will lead to an increase in the amount of unregistered/unregulated firearms circulating in the community. Can only speculate how much. May justify it as temporary. But how temporary. Firearms and munitions can function for a very long time.
If we must have these laws it would be wiser to grandfather firearms to existing owners and apply the laws to new applications.
Then we guarantee we know where the guns are.
If they’re going to do this, they should do it properly. And learn from past mistakes.
And I reiterate, not surrendering not advisable, very dumb and could land you in jail for a very long time. Not worth the risk.
You can’t take them with you when you go and then what happens with them.
I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned