Proud of Australia

[Bricktop]

No fucking guns required.



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These have been handed in during our current amnesty.

[Angry White Male]

I'll keep my guns for now...  Depending on where you go here, you may need them.

[realgrimm]

"THE DINGO ATE MY BABY"

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of active hunters in Australia.



A lot of people think there aren't any guns in Australia any more, but there are. By some estimates there is one gun for every seven people. My local suburban pistol club has 300 members. My sons have been shooting since they were 12 and both have rifle and pistol licenses.



It's actually not that hard to own a gun. But you do have to have a genuine reason. You have to be a member of a target shooting club or a hunter and you have to prove it. For hunting, you can get written permission from a landowner who says you are hunting on his land. Or you can join a hunting club. Pistols [handguns], on the other hand, are heavily restricted. All applicants undergo a background check by the police and there is a mandatory 30 day cooling off period for all license applications, both long arms and pistols. Firearms safety training courses are mandatory as well.



One of the biggest changes is that the government established different types of firearms for different categories of guns and ruled that each would need different licenses. Here's roughly how it works:





Category A is .22s, shotguns and air rifles. That's the easiest license to obtain. No semiautomatics are allowed.



Category B is for center fire rifles. You have to provide a reason for why you need a more powerful gun. I shoot feral pigs and foxes; that's a valid reason. Again, no semiautomatics.



Category C is available only to farmers; they can own a semiautomatic shotgun or .22 but the cartridges are limited to five shots for the shotgun and 10 shots for the .22.



Category D, for semiautomatic guns and rifles, is only for professional shooters: you have to have a registered business and prove that you are earning an income through shooting.



An H license is for handguns. If you want to buy a pistol in Australia you've got to be a member of a target pistol club. You've got to do a minimum of eight competition shoots per year to keep your license. If you don't, you lose it.



Category G is for collectors. For that you've got to attend at least one meeting per year.

http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-to-own-guns-in-a-country-with-strict-gun-control/">http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-t ... n-control/">http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-to-own-guns-in-a-country-with-strict-gun-control/

[Renee]

With exception of a few pieces (a garand and an FAL) see in the pile, I wouldn't own any of them....it's a dumpster full of Walmart quality crap.



You got an assload of garage and farm junk, old man....but that's typical of gun buy back or amnesty programs......Time to get grandpa's old .22 out of the attic and get rid of it....



Just out of curiosity...how much have the gun amnesty programs and disposal of all that junk cost the taxpayers of Oz?



But hey, it doesn't really matter, now does it?...Especially when it's all for that big catch all lie, AKA known as "the greater good"...

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of active hunters in Australia.



A lot of people think there aren't any guns in Australia any more, but there are. By some estimates there is one gun for every seven people. My local suburban pistol club has 300 members. My sons have been shooting since they were 12 and both have rifle and pistol licenses.



It's actually not that hard to own a gun. But you do have to have a genuine reason. You have to be a member of a target shooting club or a hunter and you have to prove it. For hunting, you can get written permission from a landowner who says you are hunting on his land. Or you can join a hunting club. Pistols [handguns], on the other hand, are heavily restricted. All applicants undergo a background check by the police and there is a mandatory 30 day cooling off period for all license applications, both long arms and pistols. Firearms safety training courses are mandatory as well.



One of the biggest changes is that the government established different types of firearms for different categories of guns and ruled that each would need different licenses. Here's roughly how it works:





Category A is .22s, shotguns and air rifles. That's the easiest license to obtain. No semiautomatics are allowed.



Category B is for center fire rifles. You have to provide a reason for why you need a more powerful gun. I shoot feral pigs and foxes; that's a valid reason. Again, no semiautomatics.



Category C is available only to farmers; they can own a semiautomatic shotgun or .22 but the cartridges are limited to five shots for the shotgun and 10 shots for the .22.



Category D, for semiautomatic guns and rifles, is only for professional shooters: you have to have a registered business and prove that you are earning an income through shooting.



An H license is for handguns. If you want to buy a pistol in Australia you've got to be a member of a target pistol club. You've got to do a minimum of eight competition shoots per year to keep your license. If you don't, you lose it.



Category G is for collectors. For that you've got to attend at least one meeting per year.

http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-to-own-guns-in-a-country-with-strict-gun-control/">http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-t ... n-control/">http://time.com/4172274/what-its-like-to-own-guns-in-a-country-with-strict-gun-control/

Hunting is popular in Australia.

[Bricktop]

With exception of a few pieces (a garand and an FAL) see in the pile, I wouldn't own any of them....it's a dumpster full of Walmart quality crap.



You got an assload of garage and farm junk, old man....but that's typical of gun buy back or amnesty programs......Time to get grandpa's old .22 out of the attic and get rid of it....



Just out of curiosity...how much have the gun amnesty programs and disposal of all that junk cost the taxpayers of Oz?



But hey, it doesn't really matter, now does it?...Especially when it's all for that big catch all lie, AKA known as "the greater good"...

Right. The alternative being the American model of gun control??



How's that working for you?



https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upsh ... world.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html



Check the diagram. See where America is? Then see where Australia is.



I'll take that, no matter the cost.

[GORDY GAMBINO]

The Amnesty doesn't start until July so no guns have been collected this time round. That's an old pick following Port Arthur 21 years ago.



As usual the old cop can't tell an unbelished saliently correct narration he is the verballer who sticks you in the metal lockers and plays Rugby.



What a fucken cunt hey.





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[Renee]

With exception of a few pieces (a garand and an FAL) see in the pile, I wouldn't own any of them....it's a dumpster full of Walmart quality crap.



You got an assload of garage and farm junk, old man....but that's typical of gun buy back or amnesty programs......Time to get grandpa's old .22 out of the attic and get rid of it....



Just out of curiosity...how much have the gun amnesty programs and disposal of all that junk cost the taxpayers of Oz?



But hey, it doesn't really matter, now does it?...Especially when it's all for that big catch all lie, AKA known as "the greater good"...

Right. The alternative being the American model of gun control??



How's that working for you?



https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upsh ... world.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html



Check the diagram. See where America is? Then see where Australia is.



I'll take that, no matter the cost.

So you don't know the cost? Okay, no matter.  ac_unsure



Maybe you can answer this one...Where was your rate of gun death in the years prior to the gun amnesty? As a former police officer, I expect you should have this answer.



BTW, I don't want to see politically motivated data from shit like the NY Times....real numbers please.

[realgrimm]

supposedly this is a koala named Jeffrey  

[Anonymous]

supposedly this is a koala named Jeffrey  

[Anonymous]

If I went to Australia, I would not do a desert day trip. Water sports and of course golf would take up all my time.



Edit: I posted in the wrong thread.

[Bricktop]

supposedly this is a koala named Jeffrey  

[Anonymous]

supposedly this is a koala named Jeffrey  

[Bricktop]

Maybe you can answer this one...Where was your rate of gun death in the years prior to the gun amnesty? As a former police officer, I expect you should have this answer.



BTW, I don't want to see politically motivated data from shit like the NY Times....real numbers please.

Happy to help.



http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/06/23/australian-gun-deaths-slashed-1996">http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016 ... ashed-1996">http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/06/23/australian-gun-deaths-slashed-1996



If that graph were duplicated in the US, how many American lives would be saved?



Tens of thousands.



But noooooooo....gotta have a gun cos' its in our divine constitution drawn up hundreds of years ago by people who had NO clue where their society was heading.