Posted on 07/20/2017 1:13:39 PM PDT by marktwain
National Firearms Amnesty Newspaper Ad
Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- I was seated in the Eykamp farm kitchen in NSW, Australia when Donald Eykamp stormed in and shoved a paper in my face.
“Look at this!” He exclaimed. “That is a Dakota rifle! One of the most expensive production rifles in the world! They cost $5,000 each. Look at the ebony fore end, the wrap around checkering, the grip cap, the classic peep sight, the short fore end, the inside the trigger guard magazine release, the Model 70 end of the receiver! Not one of these rifles have ever been used in a crime!”
I have two of them in South Dakota! I know what they look like!
Dakota Arms is one of the highest priced production rifles on the market.
The picture of the iconic Dakota Arms rifle is in an advertisement purchased by the Australian government for its ongoing firearms amnesty. During July, August, and September, the government will be allowing people to turn in firearms to the Australian government without arresting them for illegal gun possession.
Firearms that are unregistered, but which can be registered, will be allowed to be made legal. So, an provisional mass murderer, who happens to have hidden away a $5,000 semi-custom version (the black ebony fore end is for an additional price), can now register this weapon of mass destruction after he has dug it up from its burial place. They can do this at a police station or at a gun shop.
Donald thought that the rifle in the picture was probably owned by a high up government official, when some picture of a gun was needed for the advertisement. My thought was that the owner of the advertising firm
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Turned in or registered.
“Turned in or registered. “
You don’t really expect the poster to read the article?
You two don’t really support registering firearms with a ragingly anti-firearm government, do you?
It is always a two-step process. First you register, then you turn in later.
I remember, back around 1970, when the DENVER POST used a photo of a Ruger Mark II as an example of an evil “Saturday Night Special”. At at that time, it cost $45.00, all because the “powers that be” had declared anything below $50 to be a Saturday Night Special, and were calling for them to be banned.
Do you really have to ask that question?
The poster wrote the article.
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It’s all about safety.
I recall that a day or two after the original firearms ban went into effect there were two robberies in the street outside my office in Sydney; one robber’s weapon was a BBQ fork, the other’s a brick.
Good stuff. How did Australia become so cucked?
Good question, though they were rugged outdoorsmen. Guess they have a bunch of pussies in the major metro areas.
though= thought. Keyboard is about done.
“Do you really have to ask that question?”
Of course I do. 2ndDivisionVet hails from a US Army group that keeps watch over Korea and that has an extensive reputation for appreciating champagne. If you’re going to ask anyone what champagne they’re drinking on a given day then 2ndDivisionVet is the go-to person for the question.
Not to disappoint he told me that he was drinking Moet et Chandon and that’s a fine champagne for a warm summer day when the strawberries are red and ripe.
Sadly, I’ll have to make do with a glass of Korbel Sweet Cuvee since that’s all we have right now.
And, of course, our imbibing champagne is purely coincidental to the topic at hand.
- Megan
“Good question, though they were rugged outdoorsmen. Guess they have a bunch of pussies in the major metro areas.”
They are great people. Is this what they died for at Gallipoli? Politicians,
Yes, incongruous.
Registered? What guns? Sold them to some guy a long time ago.
The thing is the process to register the weapon is so arcane that it’s probably only worth doing if it’s worth thousands of dollars.
You have to put it temporarily into the hands of somebody who is allowed to have unregistered weapons in their possession which is likely to be a firearms dealer (because under Australian law not many people are allowed to hold unregistered weapons) who will likely charge you a premium to hold the weapon knowing they have you over a barrel. (You may be lucky enough to have a good relationship with a dealer who doesn’t rip you off - but more often than not, this is an expensive process).
Then you have to pay for a “Permit to Acquire” which is basically the same process that is required to buy a new weapon for the firearm you already own.
Then you wait. Assuming it’s a weapon you are allowed to own because you have the right licence for it, you will probably get it back in a month or so - but that could easily take longer.
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