Gamerancher wrote:Do I totally agree with all of them, hell no, but I do abide by them. The biggest problem is when others start making excuses for those that don't and try to play down the fact.
I have these arguments regularly on FB, comments basically people advising othersto do whatever they feel like if they think they aren't likely to get caught. That is the mindset of the criminal, not the law-abiding. Every one of these comments sets us way behind in the eyes of the public. We know our responsibilities, they were drummed into us, and we agreed to comply with them when we applied for the licence, comply always, not just when somebody is watching.
If we show that we can't comply with what are fairly inoffensive security requirements, how do we ever hope to have any of our messed up firearm laws fixed?
Security and inspections have absolutely _nothing_ to do with public safety. We have virtually no gun crime, or accidents, in Aus, and never have had. We could go ten years without a signal incident of firearm misuse throughout Australia, or the world, and they will still want us all disarmed. The goal is not public safety, it is only about control.
Comply with our laws to ensure we can still own our firearms, and perhaps our kids will get to enjoy them also. We are not far off that becoming a pipe dream, don't try to hurry it along. Anti-gun-ownership organizations are spending big trying to find new ways to take firearms out of civilian hands - every single day, it's the only reason some of them get out of bed every morning. Don't give them any ammunition to use against us.