Simon to forgive your guns

A ‘friend’ has decided to put away the things of his youth and hand in a selection from his small armoury.

The advice from the local police station is DO NOT just wander around the landscape with your firearm. DO put it in an obscuring bag. Do remove the bolt. Do feel free to drop in your ammunition at the same time. Proceed directly to your nearest police station.

I imagine it would be embarrassing to have to report a stolen unlicenced rifle.

Pommy bastard said :

peterh said :

Vic Bitterman said :

p1 said :

I always wanted a lever action shotgun. Ever since seeing terminator 2. And according to Wikipeadia, they are even legal here.

Yes, they are legal. Pump actions are legal too, however in this case, you do need to prove a genuine need.

rabbits?

or the kambah foxes?

Hippies.

When does the open season on hippies start here?

Whatever time Gormon House markets starts. heh heh…….Groovy

peterh said :

Vic Bitterman said :

p1 said :

I always wanted a lever action shotgun. Ever since seeing terminator 2. And according to Wikipeadia, they are even legal here.

Yes, they are legal. Pump actions are legal too, however in this case, you do need to prove a genuine need.

rabbits?

or the kambah foxes?

Hippies.

When does the open season on hippies start here?

I very much doubt it.

Rules against that kind of thing didn’t really help Harvey Milk much though.

Is she allowed to take it into their government building? Cause that is truly scary.

I think you are right p1.

Only slightly related but oh well. I found out recently that Dianne Feinstein (A Californian Democratic Senator) who has one of the most pro gun control voting records in the US Senate, conceal carries a .38 revolver.

It’s like a whole different world.

Throw down your guns! Don’t be so reckless.

Thank you. Thank you very much ….

My understanding is you can’t register a Pump Action unless you are some sort of commercial shooter, presumably, such a person uses the gun enough that the convenience of not having to reload so often is sufficient justification.

A traditional single or double barrelled shotgun can be obtain “relativity” easily for sport or rabbit hunting. In fact, a quick look at the AFP website makes it look like only pump action and self loading shotguns are excluded from Category A, so leaver action should be fine. That is not to say there isn’t some small print in the legislation somewhere that says you can only have one if you drive a stage coach…

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Category A firearms

This category applies to:

* air rifles
* rimfire rifles other than self loading
* shotguns other than pump action or self loading
* shotgun and rimfire rifle combinations.

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Self Defence is expressly forbidden as a ‘genuine need’ in the legislation. I guess you could try hunting or possibly become a sporting shooter (there are some shotgun events).

The problem I think you’d face trying to successfully register a pump action or lever action is that you’d have to show that you couldn’t use a ‘lesser shotgun’ for the job. I’m not sure if there are any pump events (I doubt it). Maybe for shooting wild pigs (which are apparently quite dangerous)?

Vic Bitterman said :

p1 said :

I always wanted a lever action shotgun. Ever since seeing terminator 2. And according to Wikipeadia, they are even legal here.

Yes, they are legal. Pump actions are legal too, however in this case, you do need to prove a genuine need.

Given time i could prove a genuine need for this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Anti-tank_Rifle I saw one for sale in QLD 2 years back for $1500. It is a shame that you cannot get ammo for them anymore.

Not to be confused with the pink Girls Anti tank rifle.