So of all the crap going on today, families barely or not affording a roof over their head, kids going to school without brekky or a lunch, elderly not turning the heater on in the winter, not to mention our leaders putting us in a real peril by involving our DEFENCE force in someone else's quarrels in multiple countries in a distant other hemisphere of the world, encouraging extremist attacks here in our suburbs....
But the first thing they concern themselves with is attacking the government, because it was suggested we, lawful citizens, may have access to a 6 shot, as opposed to the currently available 5 shot legal, licensed, registered shotgun.... f***ing grubs.
Ms PLIBERSEK: Well, rule it out! What is this parliament being asked to do? This parliament is being asked by the proponents of this change to allow into this country a gun, the Adler A110 five-shot weapon, which can be converted to a 14-shot gun with a do-it-yourself magazine. These do-it-yourself magazines are already for sale in Australia. In fact, Curtin University's Professor Charles Watson called for this shotgun to be banned, saying:
… in reality the Adler is a modern firearm that looks and operates like a semiautomatic weapon
Mr TURNBULL: Under the current national firearms agreement, lever action shotguns are category A. There has been a move on the COAG committee of justice ministers to have those guns reclassified, which we have supported. Because agreement has not been reached, we put in place an import ban, which expired in August this year, so we have renewed it and we have renewed it indefinitely. What that means, of course, is that—
Ms Plibersek: A temporary ban!
The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney is warned!
Mr TURNBULL: It is not a temporary ban. It is permanent. It is set in stone. It can be amended, but it is there—like any import ban. If the honourable member is seriously interested in the safety of Australians, as I trust we all are, let me explain. Firearms are classified under the national firearms agreement as category A, B, C or D. Category A guns are relatively readily able to be acquired. For category B you need to nominate a specific purpose, like primary production. Firearms in categories C and D are very, very difficult to obtain, and appropriately so. So the debate that is being conducted and has not yet been agreed between the state jurisdictions, who of course have the regulation of firearms, is whether and how the Adler seven-shot lever action gun should be classified. What my government has done is to ensure that no Adler lever action guns with more than five rounds can be imported in any category. They cannot be imported at all.
That there is called politics / double speak / can we now officially redefine 'set in stone'???
....and No, Mr Turdfull, they are not easily obtained ffs, licensing, testing, hoops and hurdles, THEN you need to again apply to the police for another permission....
I could fill this page and more with the utter nonsense... I suggest a read of yesterdays lower house hansard...
here for the web base indexhere for the pdf download