Tiger650 wrote:OR is this just fake news?
I reckon if I received it other SSAA Vic members will have also.
Not sure how to interpret your comment so will refrain from posting a reply I may regret.
Wombat wrote:Whats the issue? There are other storage places and lots of shops that store for a fee already.
SSAA isn't talking about making it compulsory are they?
Archie wrote:You’re being a bit melodramatic. St Mary’s range in Sydney has a similar setup for members to rent a locker for pistols or rifles. It’s less than a third the cost of Kennards, and it makes firearm ownership possible for people who can’t install a safe because they are renting, or there is nowhere suitable in their house or their living arrangements make it otherwise difficult (for example, students or young people living at home and mum doesn’t want the guns in the house). Making the sport more accessible to a larger group of people is generally a good thing isn’t it?
bigfellascott wrote:Archie wrote:You’re being a bit melodramatic. St Mary’s range in Sydney has a similar setup for members to rent a locker for pistols or rifles. It’s less than a third the cost of Kennards, and it makes firearm ownership possible for people who can’t install a safe because they are renting, or there is nowhere suitable in their house or their living arrangements make it otherwise difficult (for example, students or young people living at home and mum doesn’t want the guns in the house). Making the sport more accessible to a larger group of people is generally a good thing isn’t it?
So you'd be happy to have all your firearms stored at some range? be careful what you think is a good idea as it may become compulsory. It all starts with one small step or idea afterall. Just have a look at what we used to have and what we have now.
Archie wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Archie wrote:You’re being a bit melodramatic. St Mary’s range in Sydney has a similar setup for members to rent a locker for pistols or rifles. It’s less than a third the cost of Kennards, and it makes firearm ownership possible for people who can’t install a safe because they are renting, or there is nowhere suitable in their house or their living arrangements make it otherwise difficult (for example, students or young people living at home and mum doesn’t want the guns in the house). Making the sport more accessible to a larger group of people is generally a good thing isn’t it?
So you'd be happy to have all your firearms stored at some range? be careful what you think is a good idea as it may become compulsory. It all starts with one small step or idea afterall. Just have a look at what we used to have and what we have now.
Well, I did have all my firearms stored at the range for a while when I was renting. Otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to have any... I mean, there is a balancing act to this as well. Storage is a significant barrier to getting people (especially people who live in cities in apartments) involved in the sport. And remember, these days the number of people that live in apartments where it can be hard to mount a safe is growing a lot faster than the number of people in houses. Licensing etc is already painful enough. Having fairly cheap range lockers helps. The more people who join the shooting sports, the more votes there are in it and the better community acceptance gets. And that stops stupid laws getting passed like making central storage compulsory. More shooters = fewer dumb laws, is the hope.
Archie wrote:Can get a bit tricky finding somewhere to bolt it down to on the 20th floor of a Meriton box. Can be done but its not the easiest thing in the world.
bigfellascott wrote:Archie wrote:Can get a bit tricky finding somewhere to bolt it down to on the 20th floor of a Meriton box. Can be done but its not the easiest thing in the world.
Find somewhere better to live then I would never live in a big city, just can't deal with all the restrictions that it entails, I'm more a bush and freedom type person myself
marksman wrote:I have been hearing rumours about the ssaa wanting to try this for quite some time
it is another cash cow for the ssaa
just like the ssaa firearm safety course they are hoping will become accepted as a need for new comers before they can apply for there licence
ssaavic.com.au/firearms-safety-course-goes-live/
they think if there is no backlash to it, it will become the norm and they will be the innovator
with friends like these who needs enemy's
the ssaa suck
Wombat wrote:Are the club's minutes available to members or is this a secret agenda?
Wombat wrote:marksman wrote:I have been hearing rumours about the ssaa wanting to try this for quite some time
it is another cash cow for the ssaa
just like the ssaa firearm safety course they are hoping will become accepted as a need for new comers before they can apply for there licence
ssaavic.com.au/firearms-safety-course-goes-live/
they think if there is no backlash to it, it will become the norm and they will be the innovator
with friends like these who needs enemy's
the ssaa suck
Are the club's minutes available to members or is this a secret agenda?
No1_49er wrote:Wombat wrote:Are the club's minutes available to members or is this a secret agenda?
If you are a member of the SSAA Springvale Branch, you would be entitled to ask to see a copy of meeting minutes.
Your question suggests a couple of possibilities though. You ARE a member but you don't attend the meetings, in which case you really don't give a shyte about how your branch is run.
Or, you ARE a member but have failed to advise the Branch Secretary of your email address so that those minutes can be distributed to you. Almost as bad as the first scenario.
If you ARE a Springvale Branch member and you don't know what is going on, you have absolutely no right to complain about the direction the Branch might be taking. A bit like politics really; vote or quit complaining.
But, if you are not a member, you might be pushing the proverbial uphill trying to get a copy.
It's rather tiresome to go to committee meetings of a Branch with several hundred members, and regularly see the same dozen or so at those meetings. Complaints are dealt with as you might expect, if you can get my drift from the above.
sungazer wrote:I also believe that SSAA is not acting for the benefit of their members but for cash. The safety course they are trying to create a monopoly and have their safety coarse written into the requirements to getting a license. In Vic a lot of gun shops run License Nights where they go over all the topics then immediately after you sit the test. The local DFO is there to do the administration.
The locker storage I dont see a conspiracy in that only another service that they can offer to get better return on the property.