Posted on 11/02/2005 1:09:53 PM PST by naturalman1975
Well... yeah.
Dan
"Samauri Home Invaders"
ozzie ozzie ozzie...oy oy oy!
Cool......
I just love a happy ending.
Gotta love the "feel goods!"
Clearly his style of martial arts was far superior to the robbers'.
BANG!
- "Shoot, shovel, and shut up."
His kung fu was very strong.
Nguyen should have helped him die quicker.
Too bad Msuyen couldn't have just blasted the crook with his own legal Colt or Glock.
But but but ....guns are outlawed in Aussie Land I thought !?!?
No, they're not. Not that that is relevant to a criminal - but Australians can legally own firearms, and there are millions of guns in private hands.
Was the ban just handguns ?
No, there hasn't really been a ban.
Handguns are more controlled than basic longarms (as are semi-automatic and automatic longarms) which means you require more than a general permit to own them - but you can get those permits. It's not as easy as a basic permit for a non-auto rifle, but it's really not all that difficult.
For some reason, some people and groups have chosen to misrepresent the state of gun control in Australia. It's not ideal, by any means - there's a lot of bureaucracy to navigate to own more than a basic rifle or shotgun - but there's nothing like a total ban. You just have to get the right permit.
OK now understand I only know about your country what I read so educate me if ya have time.
http://www.gunowners.org/hlr-au.htm
Am I to understand that pump shotguns, rifles and semi auto shotguns, rifles and handguns have been banned yet revolvers , bolt guns and break open double barrels etc are OK and easy to own as usual ?
Was this just an ugly gun grab ?
That article overstates the case in my view.
The weapons they describe as banned and prohibited aren't in fact banned. They are restricted in the sense that you have to have a special licence to own them, but you can get those licences.
Basically, the general gun licence (or permit) is an A/B licence. This allows you to own non automatic/non semi-automatic basic rifles and shotguns. This licence is easy to get.
Other weapons require higher level licences, and these are, progressively more complicated to get. But it's really not that hard if you make sure you know the law - actually in my case, I hired a lawyer to do all that for me, but that was because my time is more valuable to me than money - I know other people who've done it themselves, and they said it was about as difficult as buying a house - legally somewhat complicated but nowhere near impossible. You can do it if you want to.
Handguns - and this includes even things like basic revolvers - also require a special permit. This is reasonably easy to get - about the same as a permit for a semi-auto rifle, but you do need a special permit for it.
Gun grab? Depends on how you define a gun grab. People handed around 640,000 weapons in exchange for cash, but nearly all of those were weapons they could have continued to own if they'd been willing to do the paperwork.
Basically, it's not easy to casually own more than basic firearms in Australia. But if you're serious about firearms, then it can be done - and a lot of people do it.
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