Shout out to all of you out there who wrote to your local members in Queensland, joined the Shooters Union and lobbied for our stores to have 70% of the bans imposed on shooters lifted during the draconian COVID-19 lockdowns.
Together we are strong.
Please consider exploring the following resources/considering membership to these organisations (some of which offer free affiliate membership) to ensure the voice of reason is heard amongst the screaming toddler behaviour of the leftist agenda and anti-gun lobbyists.
The following organisations wish to introduce safe, reasonable, factual, efficient reform that promotes public safety through progressive reform to firearms legislation on state and federal levels as mandated by the ‘Howard Criminal’s’ National Firearms Agreement (which is not necessarily binding on all states, but rather a ploy to bully all states into legislating against innocent firearms owners and enthusiasts - that’s right, Howard threatened to remove federal funding from GST/tax revenues if states, especially Queensland, did not comply).
Together, let’s balance the rights of all stakeholders, work together with our policy makers, create inviting, safe spaces for our community to participate in firearms sport and ensure our message is heard by our state and federal governments, just as Queenslanders have with Queensland Weapons Licensing and the current Labour Government.
Liberal Democrats - Firearms Policy
https://www.ldp.org.au/firearmsLiberal Democrats - Membership
https://www.ldp.org.au/generalShooters Union of Australia (our closest affiliate to our NRA companions in the US). Please note Shooters Union can provide liability insurance for your sporting and recreational shooting and also operates ranges. Your SSAA money is simply getting flushed down the drain. You are best off continuing to use SSAA ranges in your area on a pay-per-visit basis rather than donating your funds to fuddy duddy’s who have destroyed their organisation through in-fighting and a resistance toward new shooters joining our wonderful sport).
QLD
https://qld.shootersunion.com.au/Federal
https://shootersunion.com.au/Please tune into Ozzie Reviews and consider donating to his YouTube channel on Patreon. Ozzie is a fantastic example of the majority of us shooters - educated people with a strong social responsibility who posses centrist views toward freedom and liberty for all in society.
Ozzie Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/user/ozziereviewsAs always, please continue to write to your local members to support our farmers accessing sound moderators and handguns for safe and humane dispatch of livestock, reclassifying category C/D small caliber for sporting 3-gun competition and so on. You can find your local members or your state parliamentary website - in Queensland that is the Legislative Assembly in the following link (please bear in mind that we only have a lower house - interstate shooters please consider lower and upper house incisions senate):
QLD Members of Legislative Assembly
https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/listI would like to finish with one more comment. Yes, we can banter all we like on forums such as Enough Gun with like minded folk, however, as shooters we are NOT intolerant of others based on race, religion, socioeconomic background, sexuality, gender etc. Shooting is for ALL to experience in a free democratic society. This includes working together with our, once friends, now estranged, Greens, Labour, certain factions of the LNP and anti-gun counterparts. Where once we valued our rich cultural colonial frontier origins, the ensuing ANZAC spirit at the turn of the 20th century and the rich, vibrant, ancient history of our First People, our indigenous brothers and sisters, so did our fellow conservationists who have orientated themselves against us as our opponents. We must cease to insult or ridicule those who do not understand our logic, reasoning and acceptance. We must NOT descend to the bullying, fear mongering, and hysteria spreading antics of such political organisations.
Cheers!