Talked with an Aussie today....

[edsinger]

Scary how quick they lost the right to bear arms......


They can not even own a BB or Pellet gun...


Also he mentioned that still after all these years, they still have amnesty drives...

 

[AFA1CY]

Did you ask him if he feels safer?



Does he carry one of those HUGH knives?

 

[photoshooter]

Interesting article in Time here:

...At huge cost, the government bought from their owners some 650,000 of the newly prohibited guns, which police destroyed. It also implemented mandatory gun licenses and registration of all firearms, helping to restrict to 5% of the population the number of Australian adults who owned or used guns last year, down from 7% in 1996.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

There are plenty of Aussies who still buy, own, and shoot all manner of firearms. Longarms and handguns.

It seems to be a little different situation from urban vs. rural.

The initial steps of "getting permission" are a little rough/intrusive, but once you obtain some kind of approval, it's not much different than the "bad states" here (MA, IL, CA)

There are a handful of Aussies that post regularly over on Glocktalk. The photos they've posted....they've got cool toys.

-J-

 

[rambone]

Scary how quick they lost the right to bear arms......


They can not even own a BB or Pellet gun...


Also he mentioned that still after all these years, they still have amnesty drives...

How quick was it?

What exactly is an amnesty drive?

 

[Django]

What exactly is an amnesty drive?

Bring in your guns to have them destroyed and you won't be brought up on charges for possession

 

[rambone]

Bring in your guns to have them destroyed and you won't be brought up on charges for possession

OMG I have seen videos of the Brits lining up to hand in their guns and it makes me sick....

 

[Ghostrider]

OMG I have seen videos of the Brits lining up to hand in their guns and it makes me sick....

South Bend and Mishawaka just had one of those gun buyback deals here last month. They had a bunch of people lining up to turn in there guns for that.

I just amazes me how many people are willing to give up their rights so easily.

 

[Agent 007]

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[Ghostrider]

Depends on how much they are giving per gun. I've got a $50 junk Davis derringer .32 around here somewhere that I'll turn in for $100. With a smile on my face.

Do they take BB guns?

Ya know, I never looked at it that way. Turn in your old pieces of junk, then take the money and buy a new gun. Great idea.

Kind of like a second Amendment version of "Cash for Clunkers"

 

[edsinger]

second Amendment version of "Cash for Clunkers"

 

[Scout]

I was going to sell a paintball gun to an Aussie, until I learned that there are no semi auto paintball guns allowed. Pumps only.

 

[edsinger]

"quick' meaning how fast the 'x' took the rights away.....he did say that ranchers can have some but he told me handgins were out unless you had a dang good reason.