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<blockquote data-quote="CentreHit" data-source="post: 382032" data-attributes="member: 12124"><p>Hi Groper,</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, all is quiet in the N.T. with this nonsense at the moment.</p><p></p><p>The main States of interest were: W.A. and S.A. - as I'm sure you are aware the S.A. Police firearms department making all the noise about a list of calibres that were basically 'banned' as they would not easily provide a Permit To Purchase certificate to buy. Cals like: 338 Lapau Magnum, Any Chey Tac e.t.c. - all of the 'tactical' type cals that are of course vastly more dangerous than any others...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>You can get the low-down on another Australian forum called: Australian Hunting Net, pages and pages of discussion on the topic, why, exactly who and the "Official Response" from the individual who was getting this all together in the S.A. Police Firearms branch. He had to respond due to all of the complaint letters they received both at a political level and Police level. If no one had complained I'm certain it would have been a shoe-in without issue and you and I would now be battling 'restrictions'.</p><p></p><p>The fuss was the fact the individual could enact these 'restrictions' without any consultation with any portions of the firearms community, no justification, reason, research or logics as to why. Remember this all started when they conducted a search of a home where a legally owned 'large calibre rifle' was correctly stored in S.A. and confiscated it there and then - just took it without compensation and claimed it could "shoot down planes". The ruse was a firearms inspection and after they got what they came for promptly left without a care for the other firearms the owner had ready for inspection. I believe the quote from one of the attending officers was: "We've got what we came for...". Then in the official response claimed they had made an error by allowing the rifle to be purchased in the first place...</p><p></p><p>An individual who spoke directly with the firearms department in S.A. received advice that this was not going to be just S.A. and soon to be enacted Nationally around Australia.</p><p></p><p>That my friend was what the FUSS was about!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry mods (referencing another forum on this one<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CentreHit, post: 382032, member: 12124"] Hi Groper, Fortunately, all is quiet in the N.T. with this nonsense at the moment. The main States of interest were: W.A. and S.A. - as I'm sure you are aware the S.A. Police firearms department making all the noise about a list of calibres that were basically 'banned' as they would not easily provide a Permit To Purchase certificate to buy. Cals like: 338 Lapau Magnum, Any Chey Tac e.t.c. - all of the 'tactical' type cals that are of course vastly more dangerous than any others...:rolleyes: You can get the low-down on another Australian forum called: Australian Hunting Net, pages and pages of discussion on the topic, why, exactly who and the "Official Response" from the individual who was getting this all together in the S.A. Police Firearms branch. He had to respond due to all of the complaint letters they received both at a political level and Police level. If no one had complained I'm certain it would have been a shoe-in without issue and you and I would now be battling 'restrictions'. The fuss was the fact the individual could enact these 'restrictions' without any consultation with any portions of the firearms community, no justification, reason, research or logics as to why. Remember this all started when they conducted a search of a home where a legally owned 'large calibre rifle' was correctly stored in S.A. and confiscated it there and then - just took it without compensation and claimed it could "shoot down planes". The ruse was a firearms inspection and after they got what they came for promptly left without a care for the other firearms the owner had ready for inspection. I believe the quote from one of the attending officers was: "We've got what we came for...". Then in the official response claimed they had made an error by allowing the rifle to be purchased in the first place... An individual who spoke directly with the firearms department in S.A. received advice that this was not going to be just S.A. and soon to be enacted Nationally around Australia. That my friend was what the FUSS was about!:) Sorry mods (referencing another forum on this one:D). Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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