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The legal view of our ‘appearance’ laws

Posted by on September 12, 2017 5 comments

One of our legal minds has been looking at the ‘appearance’ provisions of the Victorian Firearms Act 1996.

The offending provisions are found in sections 3A and 3B of the Act which give the Chief Commissioner broad powers to either temporarily or permanently recategorise Cat A or B firearms on the basis of appearance. 

In fact, if you read what he has to say carefully, you’ll see it’s worse than that. The Chief Commissioner can recategorise firearms for reasons which go beyond appearance – or for no reason at all. Read more »

Important update on the Adler ban

Posted by on August 12, 2015 1 comment

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It is by no means a complete victory, but your demands to politicians that they listen to shooters concerns over the Adler / National Firearms Agreement issues have paid off. Today the government announced the creation of an Industry Reference Group to advise it further on the Adler / categorisation issues.

Another group? Well, it’s our understanding that this group will include people from our side of the fence. Read more »

Victoria’s Out-Of-Touch Police Minister

Posted by on July 19, 2015 6 comments

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Our recent survey of Victorian shooters revealed how angry they were at the performance of the Minister for Police over the proposed ban on lever action rifles and shotguns.  In fact they are so concerned, they want the Premier to intervene.  

Nearly half of those who participated in the survey knew who the Minister was – Wade Noonan.  However that’s where the good news for him stops. Read more »

Who Victorian shooters are – and what they are thinking

Posted by on July 2, 2015 No comments

One in two shooters who responded to our recent survey has a formal trade qualification, degree or other higher level of education.  

They’re also young, passionate about what they do – and understand how preference flows at state and federal elections work. Read more »