Victoria Police, campaigning on gun thefts again

• Secretary, CFCV


• 30 Mar 2016

 

Just when you thought it was safe to come out, Victoria Police strike again. This week they had not one, but two articles in the Herald Sun lobbying for the state government to tighten up the way you store your firearms.

You know you’ve got a problem when a regulator becomes a taxpayer funded lobbyist.  Let’s go through the offending articles.  First here’s the story which appeared on Tuesday:

Sorry I cut parts of the story off. My photocopier is only so big! It’s pretty easy to work out who the mysterious source from within VicPol is!

Then the HS ran with this editorial the same day:

Then today, this story appeared!:

So there you have it. A sustained attack by Victoria Police on what we do and how we do it.  You will note int he last article confirmation the Victoria Police will be lobby8ing the police minster directly. Robin Scott is new to the job so there is a risk he may be susceptible to being led astray.

However there is the possibility we will have the right of reply to these in the paper. It’s something we’re working on at the moment, so please stay tuned.

However if you wanted to put in your own letter to the editor, please don’t let us stop you.  You can do that by clicking here.  Remember, being short, calm and factual always works.