axio wrote:To be specific, I'm talking about this form here:
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/online_se ... s/silencer
We can legally apply for them but seems its a black hole, not sure what the go is
*edited the title to clarify this is a legally purchased item in NSW apparently.
Archie wrote:axio wrote:To be specific, I'm talking about this form here:
https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/online_se ... s/silencer
We can legally apply for them but seems its a black hole, not sure what the go is
*edited the title to clarify this is a legally purchased item in NSW apparently.
The go is, you almost certainly aren’t going to get approved and you might end up regretting it if you do. Your security requirements will get much tighter. When you put a moderator on a gun, that gun immeadiately becomes classified as a prohibited weapon. Much much stricter rules around storage and usage for those.
Gaznazdiak wrote:Some interesting reading on the subject.
It's a PDF, so you have to download it to read it.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cg ... uworks2011
axio wrote:Its good to see somebody has written an article on this, the argument is fairly academic in that suppressors are to reduce hearing loss and noise pollution.
The way I read it is they know these sort of items can easily fall into the wrong hands considering their size, thus strict storage requirements/mountains of paperwork are in place . That is understandable, however I like most people value our hearing so we really should be pursuing it now the option is there dont you think?
RoginaJack wrote:Sorry AXIO, but I don't agree with the "mountains of paperwork" and "That is understandable..." garbage. A half-arsed back yard masochist could easily knock up a "silencer" for the local gangs and druggies BUT they are after the full sound effects when shooting up houses etc. A silencer would totally defeat the purpose.
The ACT have used Suppressors when culling roos and a group of New Zealanders came over here to cull goats and where permitted to use suppressors.
Apparently, a large number of Licences are held by various Government Departments for the use of suppressors. Could it be that the Government are concerned about claims for damage/ loss of hearing cases?
sungazer wrote:Just saying that it doesnt take much to tame the sound if that was your intention. The old oil filter will work wonders not that i have tried. I have watched the utube. The long filters that are used in trucks and tractors would give a fair bit more than some of the short ones in use as seen on utube. The crims dont use them because the results are not like the movies.
axio wrote:Its good to see somebody has written an article on this, the argument is fairly academic in that suppressors are to reduce hearing loss and noise pollution.
The way I read it is they know these sort of items can easily fall into the wrong hands considering their size, thus strict storage requirements/mountains of paperwork are in place . That is understandable, however I like most people value our hearing so we really should be pursuing it now the option is there dont you think?
sungazer wrote:i was just skim reading that document and one of the pros was less stock disturbance. have a look at this. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q= ... 0rifleclub They dont seem to concerned.
axio wrote:Yeh the magpies who sit literally in the line of fckning fire don't move either. But the point remains we have a real shot at this so why not pursue it for our own benefit.
bladeracer wrote:axio wrote:Yeh the magpies who sit literally in the line of fckning fire don't move either. But the point remains we have a real shot at this so why not pursue it for our own benefit.
Agreed, but I would prefer to have the authorities try to come up with some sort of justification for why we can't have them to begin with. I've never seen anything put forward other than "public safety" but never any example of how suppressors affect public safety either way.