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Police change rules on transportation of guns and ammo

gun transportation

The Victoria Police have re-written the rules for transporting firearms and ammunition.  No longer is it acceptable to:

  • carry a gun in a gun case in the back of your car;
  • put a case of shells on the floor behind your seat; or
  • keep a packet of 22s in a coat pocket.

This blog explains how they are interpreting the law – and what you can do to stop these changes. Read more »

Gun ownership: A right or privilege?

Right or priviledge

The question of whether gun ownership is a right or privilege recently came up on Australian Hunting Podcast and again in an online discussion on a provision in SA law that says gun ownership is not a right.

Or is it?  The CFCV’s Neil Jenkins and Tristen Fremlin go head-to-head on that question. Read more »

How the Nationals avoided another ‘Tim Fischer moment’

TIm FIscher

The decision earlier this month not to reclassify our repeating actions came about from some great work by people working behind the scenes.

However the real story is the great work of two National Party MPs who we can’t name, but saved their party from having “another Tim Fischer moment” by standing up to their bigger coalition partner. Read more »

Politics: A quick guide for young shooters

Guide graphicWhether you are into duck hunting, deer hunting or target shooting, this new guide will help new shooters get a better idea of how politics affects what they love to do. Read more »