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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by TassieTiger » 29 Mar 2020, 11:18 pm

PorkEatingCrusader wrote:Apparently gun owners will commit domestic violence?


https://www.lafo.com.au/qld-health-pins ... -evidence/


Where is Ssaa response to things like this ? Bloody ell.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Blr243 » 30 Mar 2020, 12:07 am

Hairdressers must stay open to ensure we look our very best during interviews for jobs that no longer exist
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Sketchy243 » 30 Mar 2020, 2:57 am

I bet if they closed insurance sales ssaa would be kicking up a storm
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by trekin » 30 Mar 2020, 5:43 am

TassieTiger wrote:Where is Ssaa response to things like this ? Bloody ell.

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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Sergeant Hartman » 30 Mar 2020, 7:10 am

That is not a measured response. Its

i know you guys are pissed off, but abusing the govt won't help our cause, so chill the F down

Kinda response
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by trekin » 30 Mar 2020, 8:21 am

Ziad wrote:That is not a measured response. Its

i know you guys are pissed off, but abusing the govt won't help our cause, so chill the F down

Kinda response

Very true, but taz asked what their response has been, and so far this is all they've come up with.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Sergeant Hartman » 30 Mar 2020, 8:35 am

Tru dat
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by TassieTiger » 30 Mar 2020, 9:35 am

Thanks Trek. It’s not what I was expecting but crazy times...I guess.
Tas has just gone into 4 week lockdown so times are a bit weird...
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Post by trekin » 30 Mar 2020, 9:44 am

TassieTiger wrote:Thanks Trek. It’s not what I was expecting but crazy times...I guess.
Tas has just gone into 4 week lockdown so times are a bit weird...

Yep, surely is, going by the comments on their FB page under those responses, I'd say they have just lost nearly half their membership.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Blr243 » 30 Mar 2020, 10:44 am

Years ago at Cunnamulla when I was predominantly hunting pigs with dogs there was a terrible roo plague so I was asked to spend a few nights with a 222 thinning them out. The grazier supplied the ammo but it was very quickly gone so I went into town with him to get more and there was this tiny little shop that sold ammo and knives and I can’t remember what else ... can’t believe that bloke wood have been told to shut shop..... local graziers were probably buying their ammmo from there for a long time ......drought, thousands of Roos,corona and now government restrictions to make things even more difficult. Ammo for a graziers rifle is not a luxury or hobby ...it is as essential in the bush as food from a supermarket is for us
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by 8x57 » 30 Mar 2020, 10:48 am

SSAA working behind the scenes as usual, they don’t explain why gun shops have been singled out over other retail businesses.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by PorkEatingCrusader » 30 Mar 2020, 10:55 am

The SSAA are a demonic organisation. They love current gun laws because it makes them so much money. They don't care about firearms they only care about money. Few people were members back in the day before they had to be.

They love the minimum handgun shoots they love how the majority of people need to be a member of a shooting club to get their licence. They love how they have the range market cornered. They just want its members to bend over, pay their fees and load their single round.

People need to use independent ranges and give this organisation zero dollars.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by TassieTiger » 30 Mar 2020, 11:41 am

My membership is going to be cancelled. They are there to support shooters - ummm. Bye.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by PorkEatingCrusader » 30 Mar 2020, 11:45 am

TassieTiger wrote:My membership is going to be cancelled. They are there to support shooters - ummm. Bye.


Good call mate. There is plenty of independent ranges out there. They really do not care about shooters and gun rights. They want us to stand inline like brain dead zombies, pay our yearly fee and use their ranges.
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Strangedog » 30 Mar 2020, 12:08 pm

One Qld store is closed today, are all?
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by TassieTiger » 30 Mar 2020, 12:15 pm

Just fired an email to them / how do we cancel our memberships, what is the process, and the reasons - recent media release, bugger all support for shooters, etc etc etc.
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Bruiser64 » 30 Mar 2020, 12:34 pm

Strangedog wrote:One Qld store is closed today, are all?


Yes they all are. The Qld government made the same decision as the WA government.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by PorkEatingCrusader » 30 Mar 2020, 12:41 pm

Good man tassy. I'm not sure how to cancel. When does your membership expire? Just don't pay your renewal fee and I'm sure they will cancel you real quick.
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Sketchy243 » 30 Mar 2020, 3:34 pm

Just got this from qld minister for health






Thank you for your email regarding licensed armourers/licensed gun dealers. 

 

This CHO directive was a product of considerations from the National Cabinet meeting which took place on Friday 27 March and will likely again consider the matter tonight.

 

The Queensland Government recognises that some exemptions will need to be made to this directive to prevent unnecessary disruption to critical industries such as our agriculture sector, pest management, police and the security industry. 

 

The rapid evolving nature of public health emergencies like this mean decisions are often needed to be made very quickly without the consultation that would ordinarily occur.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

Office of the Hon. Steven Miles MP

Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services

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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by TassieTiger » 30 Mar 2020, 3:38 pm

PorkEatingCrusader wrote:Good man tassy. I'm not sure how to cancel. When does your membership expire? Just don't pay your renewal fee and I'm sure they will cancel you real quick.


I’ve cancelled my membership- email them with your SSAA no, advise you want to cancel and why / they will process and email back. Sorry, but their response is quite unbelievable...ffs - sports stores sell basketballs they might encourage ppl to congregate...
I’ve been falsely accused of DV previously- this is a touchy subject for me.
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Blr243 » 30 Mar 2020, 4:12 pm

I have some packets of 762 by 39 for sale. 5 bucks each. Can’t afford to put fuel in an F100
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Ferrisweil » 30 Mar 2020, 4:16 pm

How long do you think these closures will last? It could be months??
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by marksman » 30 Mar 2020, 4:20 pm

Blr243 wrote:I have some packets of 762 by 39 for sale. 5 bucks each. Can’t afford to put fuel in an F100


if the packets are that much how much do you want for the ammo :unknown:



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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Oldbloke » 30 Mar 2020, 4:24 pm

if the packets are that much how much do you want for the ammo :unknown:



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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Farmerpete » 30 Mar 2020, 4:27 pm

Sorry if this seems ranty but
Judging by the health ministers response it sounds like they may be considetring reopening to security police and cat c and d holders this would be at least some good news.
As events unfold i think what is most important is how we treat each other. Every time there's hoarding someone suffers due to a shortage I wouldn't want a security guard or LEO out on the street without a full clip because someone 'needed' 5000 rounds for the coming apocalypse.
If we all think of each other rather than buying 500 rolls of toilet paper the gov could focus on the problem at hand rather than the current problem created by media hysteria and idiots.
There isn't a food shortage there's a problem with prepper idiots telling us how right they were all along and naive people listening and hoarding food they'll NEVER eat and bullets they'll probably NEVER shoot
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by bigrich » 30 Mar 2020, 4:38 pm

Farmerpete wrote:Sorry if this seems ranty but
Judging by the health ministers response it sounds like they may be considetring reopening to security police and cat c and d holders this would be at least some good news.
As events unfold i think what is most important is how we treat each other. Every time there's hoarding someone suffers due to a shortage I wouldn't want a security guard or LEO out on the street without a full clip because someone 'needed' 5000 rounds for the coming apocalypse.
If we all think of each other rather than buying 500 rolls of toilet paper the gov could focus on the problem at hand rather than the current problem created by media hysteria and idiots.
There isn't a food shortage there's a problem with prepper idiots telling us how right they were all along and naive people listening and hoarding food they'll NEVER eat and bullets they'll probably NEVER shoot


all good points mate :thumbsup: :drinks:
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by PorkEatingCrusader » 30 Mar 2020, 5:21 pm

Explain to me why a public servant needs rounds but a lawful citizen does not? They are no more important than Joe citizen is. To think so is tyrannical.

And a cat C and D holder for primary production is no more important than a A/B/H holder. Our money is equal.
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Blr243 » 30 Mar 2020, 5:22 pm

I was going to throw the ammo in with the packets , but don’t give me any ideas
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Re: Shutdown COVID - Local Gun Shops

Post by Blr243 » 30 Mar 2020, 5:33 pm

Ferris, if I have read the rules correctly I think we are house bound until May 19 but we still are allowed out for work ( unless your job has gone or been temporarily banned ) to buy food , go to the doctor or to excercise and when we are out we must try really hard to avoid close contact and maintain vigorous hygiene ...... but I need to know something.........is walking around in a paddock all night with a thermal scope 5 hours west of Brisbane considered exercise ? Or do I have to do one armed pushups with a 50 kilo boar strapped to my back as well ?
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Re: QLD Gun Stores ordered to close indefinitely due to COVI

Post by Farmerpete » 30 Mar 2020, 5:40 pm

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I KNOW.
Police got into it with a crazy guy not too far from me yesterday. He ramed a patrol car, shot at a helicopter, then when he was waist deep in croc infested mangroves the police finally returned fire end result one less criminal. All the police went home.

Imagine if they couldn't shoot back because a guy who eats pork bought all the bullets So he could bury them somewhere because he was convinced the world was going to end after watching too many experts on the current global events on YouTube.

What makes your need to hoard ammo just in case more important than a police/security officers need for ammo to defend his LIFE?
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