happyhunter wrote:I don't even like lever guns and don't live in QLD, but will write this bloke a letter if that has a chance of stopping the ban. Any Ban is bad for us all.
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day Gun-nut,
Each State is entitled to make it's own laws, and the re-classification is a State issue. If Qld do not change to Cat B for 5 shot and Cat D for 7 shot it will not change one iota what other States may do. We already see that in Victoria with the R8 etc. As for the import restriction on 7 shot, that is a Federal issue, and what the States do won't alter that. We can support our Qld friends by encouraging the LNP to act, and I hope we do, but unless someone here also steps up to the mark and confronts Andrews and his cronies the law will pass, Cheers.
happyhunter wrote:Any Ban is bad for us all.
Mango bill wrote:I sense that we are getting through.
I received an email from Tim Nichols this morning asking my opinion, which I was more than happy to provide.
I've certainly had plenty to say to our politicians on this matter but he and Bridget McKenzie are the only ones that have responded with a meaningful reply so far.
BluEsky wrote:Is the whole fiasco at best an indication of the lamentably poor knowledge and understanding of the issues by politicians, or it is a knee- jerk reaction on behalf a vocal minority who seem to have the ear of the Government? in any case...
happyhunter wrote:I don't even like lever guns and don't live in QLD, but will write this bloke a letter if that has a chance of stopping the ban. Any Ban is bad for us all.
sandgroperbill wrote:Update: On the 10th of February 2017 we were advised by Police Licensing Services that changes to state legislation has already taken place, changing the categories of lever action shotguns in Western Australia. Shotguns with a magazine capacity of 5 or less are a category B – more than 5 are category D.
Source: http://www.beatonfirearms.com.au/post_blog/shots-fired/
happyhunter wrote:I don't even like lever guns and don't live in QLD, but will write this bloke a letter if that has a chance of stopping the ban. Any Ban is bad for us all.