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django 10:57:10 Wed Mar 22 2006 Offline 16 posts BBMG Private 1st Class Reply |
Let me answer you folks,We are still allowed firearms here in Australia but you have to get a firearms licence(i got mine years ago when it wasnt as strict!).Nowdays its harder for anyone to get such a licence,if your in a shooting club its a little easier:they banned semi auto riffles .22,shotgun you name it! I had a licenced Ruger 10/22 and had to hand it in when the laws changed.I ownly owned it for 2 years!,they gave you a refund but everyone still lost a lot of cash as you wer'nt fully reimbersed.
This law came into place after a dickhead in Tasmania went on a massacre with SKS rifles and other such weapons killing numerous people(in the mid 1990's) so we can thank one loser for this.Airsoft is banned due to police saying"oh they can be used for hold ups+such as they are a replica firearm!!",slingshots can be bought in QLD alone I think?,blowguns,tazers,stun guns,air pistols,ninja stars have allways been banned here as are push daggers!!!!!. As for the natives here with blowguns,I dont think they used them instead they use the boomarang,woomera,spears,clubs etc . This is why I have to make my own airguns,I love Australia and allways will but our weapons laws are completely rediculous to say the least!!!!. I have a Winchester .22 lever action and 2 air rifles(licenced) and when I buy Airgun ammo I must show my licence and sign a book to purchase them!!!!! MAD | ||||
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miltecarms 17:09:13 Mon Mar 20 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
Sure have, and crime rate is very high considering it's population density and the fact it is the police and polictical capital. D.C. is an interesting place when it comes to the U.S. as a whole. It is incorperated into the U.S. but isn't technically a U.S. city (District of Columbia).
Index I crimes are alarmingly high (murder, force. rape, robbery, larcency theft, car jackings etc). The race of people arrested for such things in D.C. are badly disproportionate as well (minorities being), not to mention the entire criminal justice system all across the U.S. If you would like to check stats you can visit the FBI (BJS, Bureau of Justice Statistics) web site or NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) web site. There are others, but these two are top notch. | ||||
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gears80 06:21:53 Mon Mar 20 2006 Offline 83 posts BBMG Colonel Reply |
Have you checked the stats on Washington D.C. No guns allowed.
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miltecarms 23:21:57 Sun Mar 19 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
That's too bad dude. I can't imagine the politics, or ideology behind such decisions; liberal thinking perhaps? I suppose the decisions would really fall into the category of Positivist school of thought (i.e. criminals are born not created) which I totally disagree with; statistics (numbers) do not lie, they are only skewed by the observer and the one administering the stat.
Good thing that Australia isn't a designated prison colony anymore, as this would lead to larger crime rates and slanted politics. | ||||
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Sgt_Pepper 22:57:01 Sun Mar 19 2006 Offline 145 posts BBMG Brigadier General *  Reply |
Yeah, once again the law protects the criminals and punishes the law-abiders. How many criminals would've actually turned over their weapons? All that achieved was disarming the people who need protection, as you say miltecarms, and gave criminals the green light. If you lived in the outback and somebody decided to rob you and kill your family, you'd have to stand by and watch. If a dingo were eating your baby, you'd just have to ask it to "kindly stop" as even your blowgun is banned.
New Zealand also has rediculous laws, such as classing any full-auto (including Drozd, Larc, Paintball, Airsoft!) as sub-machineguns. The firearms licence that covers these is difficult to get and, once aquired, prohibits you from firing the guns (collector's purposes only)!! This even covers the lowest powered electric airsoft guns that can't penetrate a single sheet of paper. However, powerful PCP's and semi-auto air rifles such as the FX revolution only require the user to be over 18 - no licence. Interestingly, silencers can be purchased without a licence and fitted to any firearm or airgun. Go figure. | ||||
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miltecarms 07:36:26 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
I would be absolutely paranoid to hold a stick the wrong way in your country!!! I can only imagine a young kid getting busted with a straw and spit wad, the head lines would read " Ten Year Old Kid Charged With Assault With A Deadly Weapon-Spit Wad"
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miltecarms 06:30:19 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
Sgt Pepper,
It is .68 cal. For my job the only ammo allowed is .68 cal rubber ball shot, pepper ball, and permanent ink ball. One reason is the availability of such ammo and another is balistic reasons (very effective). You would be suprised when a sitution breaks out and those who do not run for cover immediately are the ones who are going to be: 1 Shot, 2 Screaming they are sorry..., 3 In jail. In riot control situations is is rule of thumb to target instigators (leaders); when a group of people (rioters) lose their 'leader' the rest tend to fall back, and some bum rush you with no sense of rational thought. Some may say that these tactics are wrong, or inhumane, but any use of a device such as this weapon, chemical agents, stun guns etc ALL get tested on us officers. Any officer that carries, or despenses the use of any agent is a expert in the reality of the substance or weapons effectiveness. It really is not all that fun, any of them. I am awaiting a 40mm grenade shell & launcher that shoots five .68 cal paintballs to attach to this gun for my job duties. | ||||
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miltecarms 06:06:23 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
I actually wrote a paper last year on Australia's full out gun ban... Correct me if I am wrong, but Australia just recently (few years ago) banned any type of firearm ownership, even with law abiding citizens; all gun owning citizens had to 'turn in' their guns. Here in America I do research on crime rates and such... Australia had a 87% increase in violent crimes in 2002 shortly after the firearm ban. Does this make you wonder why? The fact of the matter is this: If people are not allowed to protect themselves from subjects that threaten "...life or limb..." violent crime WILL increase do to the lessor fear of meeting certain consequences; the criminal mind (all humans for that matter) function on hedonism. Hedonism is the weighing of pleasurable consequences with the possible pain (negative) consequences. If a violent criminal (any criminal) sees that a person is less capable of protecting themself, the weighing of the possible consequences is now more in favor of the criminals possible actions.
Also, I am a law enforcement officer (park ranger), so any future banning of firearms here in America I would be exempt from. I beleive in our United States Constitution, and in the people it represents-the non elite, the poor, ALL who walk upon this nation foreign or not... I'm sorry your country doesn't understand the very freedoms that many in this country think are ever so pointless. Little by little our very own constitution and its amendments are eroding away, some for the better and many for the worst. You say blow guns are banned!!? What about the indigenous peoples of Australia that have used blow guns for thousands of years? Are the tribal people subject to these laws? | ||||
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Sgt_Pepper 05:53:15 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 145 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
I think just the look of that thing, and maybe a couple of blank shots would be enough to control a riot. Is that the regular .68 calibre?
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Sgt_Pepper 05:51:12 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 145 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
Sounds like hell there in Australia. I'd rather live in Nazi Germany than a place like that - "Sir, I'd like to take a shower please". America sure is lucky, most countries have insane energy limits and bans on full-auto. As you say, the governments bans anything that's fun, usually because of what one or two idiotic individuals do. Rather ban the idiots and the idiot lawmakers.
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django 04:26:23 Sat Mar 18 2006 Offline 16 posts BBMG Private 1st Class Reply |
Sweete Jesus Christ!!!!!,That awsome!!: Paintball guns here in Australia need a licence! and ones like yours that are full on replicas are outrightly banned.We really have the most insane/strictest gun laws in the world,you guys in the U.S should think yourselves lucky!! everthing thats fun is banned here from Airsoft,flickknives,slingshots,bb guns,butterfly knives!,knuckle dusters,hand crossbows,blowguns its all banned!!!!!!!!!.
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miltecarms 03:55:57 Thu Mar 16 2006 Offline 211 posts BBMG Brigadier General * Reply |
I figured I'd show you all my paint ball gun. It isn't a BB gun but really puts some fun into the sport of paint ball. This gun is a Miltec MT-66 (M4A1 replica). This gun is select fire in sveral variations; single shot, burst, and full auto; also has an adjustment to shoot balls from 5bps to 15bps. There is also a velocity adjustment that ranges from 150fps-525fps (rubber and pepper balls since they are more stable at the higher velocities) paint balls will shoot out of this around 390 max before bursting in the barrel.
As I posted before, this gun is really fun to shoot aluminum balls out of of (not at any living things) along w/ rubber balls and pepper balls... I use this gun for my park ranger job for riot control situations if any should arise. Since this gun is not the conventional paint ball marker (you know what I mean, the ones ugly as...) it really is fun to shoot, especially at the out of control Liberals in the street. Enjoy!!  | ||||
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