Category Archives: Politicians

James Purcell: why we feel betrayed

In this blog we explain why upper house MP, James Purcell, has copped our wrath – and why we think he needs to follow Police Minister, Lisa Neville, into retirement. Read more »

Lisa Neville: Help us get a better police minister

LAST WEEK, the Victorian upper house voted down amendments to new firearm laws which are open to being misused against licensed shooters.

In this blog, we explain what we did to try and stop it, who betrayed us, and why the minister needs to go. Read more »

Abandoned by The Nationals

20 years ago, the National Party lost a large part of its support base when it backed John Howard on the ban on semi-automatic firearms.  Shooters felt abandoned, and gravitated to  minor parties which emerged, such as One Nation.

They’ve forgotten history can repeat itself. Read more »

The Greens: A major threat for the next 20 years

Some of the Greens MPs we have to put up with in Victoria (Altered image)

Imagine if the Greens held the balance of Power in the Victorian upper house of our state parliament.   Or in the lower house.  Or both.

The damage they could do would be significant.   All types of hunting would be under immediate threat. Owning a handgun could become a thing of the past and you can forget about owning a rifle scope. Read more »