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New guy from Australia
- Thread starter SmartieJL
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Welcome to the site, great to have you.
Lots to see and learn here.
I'd suggest you consider signing up to the online training video access on the site here & watch all the videos, it makes a really good education, even if just for a month or two.
Also don't be surprised if you find many here a bit more on the individual freedom side and a bit less on the devoted servants of the government side.
Lots to see and learn here.
I'd suggest you consider signing up to the online training video access on the site here & watch all the videos, it makes a really good education, even if just for a month or two.
Also don't be surprised if you find many here a bit more on the individual freedom side and a bit less on the devoted servants of the government side.
Melbourne, Victoria.
Here the city might be a bit too liberal for its own good, but at least the gun laws are more reasonable than NSW, ACT and WA!
Victoria is not too bad. We have to submit a Permit To Acquire (PTA) application to the police before purchasing, and the first ever application will take a month waiting before it can be approved. After that, any future purchases will take no more than a few days, because they already have your background information. I once got a PTA approved within 6 hours of submitting the application.
Semi-automatic is a different matter. Semi-auto rimfires are considered Category C firearms and semi-auto centerfires are Category D. The only legal “genuine reasons” for Category C and D licences are primary production (farm/ranch owners), professional hunters/pest controllers, sanctioned firearm instructors and government agencies (SWAT, military, etc.), so most of us ordinary urban-based LAFOs simply cannot have them legally. So, no 10/22 plinking for us...
Ironically pump-action shotguns are also in Category C because some legislators (who obviously watched too much Hollywood) believe they are military-grade rapid-fire killing machines... That’s why here in Australia the lever-action shotguns (which is a Category A weapon, like airguns, muzzleloader, single-shot and bolt-action rimfire rifles) are so ubiquitous.
At least we Victorians don’t have to put up with the absurd “appearance law” that those in NSW and Western Australia have to.
Semi-automatic is a different matter. Semi-auto rimfires are considered Category C firearms and semi-auto centerfires are Category D. The only legal “genuine reasons” for Category C and D licences are primary production (farm/ranch owners), professional hunters/pest controllers, sanctioned firearm instructors and government agencies (SWAT, military, etc.), so most of us ordinary urban-based LAFOs simply cannot have them legally. So, no 10/22 plinking for us...
Ironically pump-action shotguns are also in Category C because some legislators (who obviously watched too much Hollywood) believe they are military-grade rapid-fire killing machines... That’s why here in Australia the lever-action shotguns (which is a Category A weapon, like airguns, muzzleloader, single-shot and bolt-action rimfire rifles) are so ubiquitous.
At least we Victorians don’t have to put up with the absurd “appearance law” that those in NSW and Western Australia have to.
