AusTac wrote:Lol good luck.. might as well let us have ar15's to while there at it
Mr.Seacucumber wrote:AusTac wrote:Lol good luck.. might as well let us have ar15's to while there at it
I mean you have to start somewhere and targeting the ones that are more tools then "assault weapons" is a good place to start imho
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
brett1868 wrote: Why not set some reasonable requirements of the farmers and allow them....
brett1868 wrote:With an appropriate level of training, police checking and club attendances I am allowed to own a semiauto pistol which I'd consider a much larger risk to the general population
adam wrote:brett1868 wrote: Why not set some reasonable requirements of the farmers and allow them....
Don't farmers already have the ability to own these? (Under Cat C) - I think this article is for hunters / shooters that are not primary producers to be able to have the same. (Or I could also just be plain wrong )
And...brett1868 wrote:With an appropriate level of training, police checking and club attendances I am allowed to own a semiauto pistol which I'd consider a much larger risk to the general population
I beg to differ. After training, police checking and club vetting - I think the risk to the general population would have to be extremely low, not larger...
on_one_wheel wrote:It's great to see a group lobbying for it.
I see a few extremely negative posts above, just remember that it was a can do attitude that got man to the moon.
Mass murders was the reasoning behind the heavy restrictions in the first place.
Has there ever been a mass murder committed with a semiautomatic .22 rimfire ?
Bring back out semiautomatics , lets push the example of the NZ firearms law model.
Supaduke wrote:I'm just not sure how you would get it pushed through parliament. Seeing how semi's are technically not banned, but restricted. The provisions to own one are already there. The pollies will simply hide behind that. Perhaps an easing of elegibility for cat C. Trying to convince the greens it's a good idea would be as useful as trying to convince them nuclear power is a good idea. I wish I knew the solution. Kudos to people who continue the fight. All I can think of is to be like the tide and softly ebb away at the prejudice and bring people around to our way of thinking. Rational discussion and facts. Can't help believe it's wishful thinking though.
happyhunter wrote:Supaduke wrote:I'm just not sure how you would get it pushed through parliament. Seeing how semi's are technically not banned, but restricted. The provisions to own one are already there. The pollies will simply hide behind that. Perhaps an easing of elegibility for cat C. Trying to convince the greens it's a good idea would be as useful as trying to convince them nuclear power is a good idea. I wish I knew the solution. Kudos to people who continue the fight. All I can think of is to be like the tide and softly ebb away at the prejudice and bring people around to our way of thinking. Rational discussion and facts. Can't help believe it's wishful thinking though.
It's not a stretch of the imagination to see self loading .22 hunting rifles being reclassified to cat A or cat B. Pump rifles are cat B while pump shotguns are cat C so there is already a precident to having the same type of action in two different catagories.
To succeed there needs to be a lot of noise from shooters. It may even cost money to push through but as a collective voice reclassification is possible.
happyhunter wrote:Supaduke wrote:I'm just not sure how you would get it pushed through parliament. Seeing how semi's are technically not banned, but restricted. The provisions to own one are already there. The pollies will simply hide behind that. Perhaps an easing of elegibility for cat C. Trying to convince the greens it's a good idea would be as useful as trying to convince them nuclear power is a good idea. I wish I knew the solution. Kudos to people who continue the fight. All I can think of is to be like the tide and softly ebb away at the prejudice and bring people around to our way of thinking. Rational discussion and facts. Can't help believe it's wishful thinking though.
It's not a stretch of the imagination to see self loading .22 hunting rifles being reclassified to cat A or cat B. Pump rifles are cat B while pump shotguns are cat C so there is already a precident to having the same type of action in two different catagories.
To succeed there needs to be a lot of noise from shooters. It may even cost money to push through but as a collective voice reclassification is possible.
Supaduke wrote:. Any formal sort of protest rally would quickly descend into a farce as the left wing rent a crowd would counter it and it would probably turn violent just adding to our problems.
adam wrote:Supaduke wrote:. Any formal sort of protest rally would quickly descend into a farce as the left wing rent a crowd would counter it and it would probably turn violent just adding to our problems.
Nah... the lefties are all about freedom of speech. Human rights. The right to protest.
They'd never contradict themselves or think that there should be different rules that apply to them vs anyone else. And as for human rights - they're all about caring for people. They'd never incite violence.
Supaduke wrote:
Meemoriees...... All alone in the mooooonlight. (Sniffle)