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To: JDoutrider
No, Australian gun laws aren't anywhere as bad as they are presented overseas. It's actually very easy to own basic longarms, and it's not that hard to own semi-autos and similar or hand guns. It starts to get pretty difficult if you want to own some sort of machine gun, but anything short of that isn't too bad.

We do have universal registration and the storage requirements for more powerful firearms are pretty strict, but it's perfectly possible to own a gun if you haven't got a criminal record. There's probably around five to seven million legally held private firearms in Australia, and that's not that bad for a country of only twenty million people.

25 posted on 11/05/2005 5:00:21 PM PST by naturalman1975 (Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: naturalman1975

Great news! Thanks for that update...


27 posted on 11/05/2005 5:44:44 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: naturalman1975

What do they say about owning a .50 caliber? Some of our politicians are nervous about civilians here having them.


29 posted on 11/05/2005 8:32:48 PM PST by B4Ranch (No expiration date on the oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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