Author Archives: Secretary, CFCV - Page 50

Four years … for owning a lever action?

4 years

Imagine if the ban on lever actions got up. Owning one would be punishable by a sentence of up to 4 years imprisonment.

Even a simple conviction without jail time would limit your career options, make it impossible to travel to some countries and earmark you as a criminal for the rest of your life. Read more »

When ‘Enough was Enough’

members2

The CFCV is unique in that it is a political umbrella for several of Victoria’s major shooting organisations. These are the organisations who are fighting to protect your sport – and decided they  had had enough of firearms policy decisions being made ‘on the run’.

The CFCV was formed in 2002 on the back of the political decision to further restrict handgun use, a few weeks before the Victorian State Election.

Finally, shooting organisations decided to stand on the same political platform. Read more »

Our US survey: the revealing results

antique final7

We recently ran a survey on what US gunowners thought about our gun laws.  The results show a quarter of US shooters think we can get an air rifle (BB gun) without a licence.  Nearly a third of US gun owners think we can’t carry ammo in our pockets when hunting rabbits.  

One of these is right, the other is wrong.
Read more »

8 things you can say to your local MP when talking about lever actions

Shooters concerned about the lever action ban should contact their local member of parliament to stop the proposed ban on lever actions.  Doing this is also important for our longer term fight for better firearm policies.

When you do go, there are EIGHT simple things we suggest you say to your MP. Read more »