Gday Bill.
No garbled assumptions about anyone there--particularly not about Ziad...think i made that pretty clear...like i said, he's just happily admitted he behaves badly here & blames others for it...all the while sprooking another forum & bagging this one--so again...why is he here...?
Youre also a magician i see...to pull that one about calling half the forum fools from the hat above is truly an act of magic...applause for you there...
Now as for fact...?...its a forum Bill...im putting up a discussion point, or my point that i see is relevant to the discussion point, in a thread thats been posted to discuss a topic, on a discussion forum...so i dont see the problem....what facts am i needed to have stated...?????...
Now as far as i know, the coppers have records of ALL the info they are requesting...they certainly have a record of every single firearm i own & how its stored....this is mandatory since the new regs came in couple of years ago....so have they lost all these records...???
Infact, ive had a debate with them over their inability to grant me approval on a martini action that has been happily registered for the last 40 years--and all because they demanded a model number be supplied before approval...whats with that...?--they actually tried to tell me they never would have registered a firearm--EVER--without a model number & that any like it out there are highly illegal..!!...LOL...i suggested they hire a tipper & go collect every single shot "lever action/falling block' gun that had BSA embossed on the side because there must be a lot of legally registered illegal guns out there without model numbers...
Clearly i was dealing with someone who is either using power to a point of extremes, or more likely (hopefully) just someone who doesnt know the first thing about firearms, approving firearms for registering & ownership--just crazy & completely unnecessary stuff...!!
So what happens if ive cerecoted a barrel a different colour but the barrel is listed as 'blued" & get an inspection....will they then confiscate my firearms or give me a fine for the colour of the barrel...?
(that is food for thought--not a suggestion this IS the motive).
Fact is, how far does this description go...?..."its got a ding in the stock on the forend..."...?
...Or...
Hmmm..."my unaltered factory synthetic stock camo stainless T3 is a stock camo stainless T3."..?...identifying features...?...honestly Bill--does writing "Camo Stainless" twice on a form make the description of identifiable feature being a camo stock with a stainless barrel more legible for a copper...?...
What about swapping scopes around...?...
Or...do these listed "identifying features" keep the public safe if some twat is out shooting up the public...???...seriously...?...if that happens-/-a guy robs a bank with a production rifle with a ding in the stock, are the coppers going to bury their heads in all the records to find any gun that is listed with a ding in the stock while this clown is robbing a bank...???
Maybe we should all get 3D scans of our firearms that are digitally filed with rego papers, & the coppers can carry holographic projection machines with them like R2-D2 in Star wars passing on Princess' plea for help to Obi-Wan Kenobi, so then the coppers can check the look & even metallurgy of barrels on inspections...
I mean seriously, if youre in favour of this kind of dictatorship, or youre not able to see the potential of where this can lead given the requirements lack of transparency, thats ok---but you dont need to dismiss people for lack of fact--particularly given youre not offering up much usefulness to the discussion yourself...
Get over your butt slapping point of facts from AC...its obviously just a verbal jump he's made...so move on & discuss the real topic of ridiculous expectations cloaked in manipulative secrecy...
The only "reasoning" ive heard, was a copper on radio stating that this self audit is for public safety---so explain to me how this keeps the public safe--& then explain to me why they dont state these reasons...
Or now youve read my special rant for you, move on & stop your spank fest...
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...