Category Archives: Gun laws - Page 15

The NFA changes are dead: our lever actions are safe

John Howard lucked out(Above: former Primer Minister John Howard)

The Federal Government has announced there will be no changes to the National Firearms Agreement. 

Yep, the deal is dead.  Our lever actions are safe.
Read more »

Weekly Times article on the CFCV forum

This article on last weekend’s forum appeared in this week’s Weekly Times (you can also view it on the WT side by clicking here).

WTforumarticle

Federal MP misfires on duck hunting

Kelvin Thomson

Federal MP Kelvin Thomson recently wrote to the Victorian Government calling for duck shooting to be banned because, according to him, it’s cruel.

Yet he failed to acknowledge a ban call could strip more than $100m of GDP from rural areas, each year causing irreparable damage to Victoria’s economy.  It could also cost jobs in his own electorate. Read more »

Why 200,000 shooters can’t be wrong

200000 vic shooters can't be wrong

If numbers of people are a true test of how the community feels, then they’re justifiably concerned about how our gun laws are being administered.  

Shooters are after a better policy making process than they have now. It’s a small ask which no reasonable person could argue against, but is important in ensuring we end up with a better policy environment than the one we have now. Read more »