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New Australian Turn-in [and gun registration]

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Nationwide Firearms Turn-in Not Enough for Australia’s Gun Haters <-- Link

On July 1, Australia begins National Firearms Amnesty 2017, the country’s fourth federal firearms buyback (more accurately termed turn-in) or amnesty program since 1987. According to the Australian government, officials hope to capture some of the country’s estimated 260,000 unregistered firearms. The Australian government has also cited the threat of terrorism, and in particular the December 2014 siege on the Lindt Café in Sydney, as justification for the new turn-in. The amnesty period runs to September 30.

Unlike the confiscatory scheme that followed Australia’s 1996 National Firearms Agreement, which banned most ownership of semi-automatic and pump action rifles and shotguns, the 2017 amnesty is not coupled to any new restrictions on the types of firearms an individual may own. Further, under the current amnesty, firearm owners will not receive any compensation for the firearms they relinquish. To participate in the amnesty, gun owners will have to bring their unregistered firearms to a drop-off point designated by state and territorial authorities.
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Firearms license holders who turn over a firearm they are eligible to own will be allowed to register and retain possession of their gun. Of course, given Australian history, some gun owners might prove justifiably reluctant to make the government aware of their unregistered arms, lest they be targeted in some future confiscation effort.​

-- for more see link --
[To learn more about the details of Australia’s National Firearms Amnesty, including the specific rules for each state and territory, visit https://firearmsamnesty.ag.gov.au.]

Anybody see the Registration = Confiscation hidden in there? [Subtle, ain't I?]

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Australia must have one Mighty military machine and they're not worried about having enough guns to fend off a Chinese land invasion.

Right now the Chinese military is thinking, "Yippie! The Australians are going to crush more of their guns!"

What fools these mortals be!
 
There was a time when the Australians were worried that the Russians were going to invade them (it was a real threat).

The Aussies decided to make the most devastating warship that had ever been created to date.
 
Yea...like those Aussie Outbackers are gonna get in line for that gun confiscation scheme...

I can just see it now... :rolleyes:
 
They have done a few buybacks here. Each time some local gun owners go down with cash and try to buy them before the people get to the police tables. They are usualy asked to leave pretty quickly once the police figure it out.

It burns me to no end that my tax dollars fund this kind of BS.

I figure in Australia it will be similar to here. The city dwellers will sell their soul for a false sense of security while the rural populations keep increasing their inventory.

And before the city dwellling pro 2A people jump in I know there are exceptions....I'm one of them.
 
Pawpaw said:
"For some strange reason, everyone we send into the Outback to look for illegal guns disappears!!"
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It was like that with revenuers and moonshine through the 1970's.

They don't want to go down the same rabbit hole about guns.

Just listen to the 2nd verse ;)

 
MikeD said:
They have done a few buybacks here. Each time some local gun owners go down with cash and try to buy them before the people get to the police tables. They are usualy asked to leave pretty quickly once the police figure it out.
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"Buyback" is a misnomer since they (the popo) never actually owned the firearms being "returned".

Around here in Volusia Co., the Sheriffs will allow a dealer to examine guns of potential value and legally transfer them to him. But they still end up with guns to crush but it is good to know they are of little value. They also won't buy "junk" or fake guns but will take them for no compensation.
 
We should all pay close attention yo such things. And not forget the past bans the misery's of the recent 8 years. The fact many of our friends are still being stripped of and denied their rights. We are going through a "good" time right now and it came quick. It could also turn 180 just as quick. This is the season to fill the storage bins and not get caught short. A couple FTF items and or some 80% put away for safe keeping is wise money spent in my book no different than canning the vegetables when they are in season for winter.
 
UPDATE

Nearly 26,000 guns handed in since July in first national firearms amnesty since Port Arthur
By political reporter Richard Baines
Updated 7 Sep 2017, 4:52pm

Australians have surrendered on average more than 400 firearms a day since July, as part of the first national gun amnesty since the Port Arthur massacre.

The amnesty was announced earlier this year against the backdrop of an increased terror threat and more illegal guns in the community.

Figures released today show between July and September, 25,999 firearms have been handed in around the country, an average of more than 400 each day.

Justice Minister Michael Keenan said he was surprised by how high the number was.

More than 13,000 guns were surrendered New South Wales, 7,000 in Queensland and 2,150 in Victoria.

The amnesty, which allows Australians to hand in firearms without facing legal consequences, finishes at the end of this month.

"If you hold that gun after the end of the amnesty period then you are running a very significant risk," Mr Keenan said.

Rare and vintage firearms among those surrendered
Authorities are reporting vintage and rare guns being handed in as part of the amnesty.

One man in Queensland surrendered guns he had collected over 30 years.

They included a shotgun from the Vietnam War, a luger pistol from World War I and a Smith and Wesson .455 revolver from World War II.

"There's guns that've been handed in that would've been used during World War II, guns from the 1850s," Mr Keenan said.

Outside of the amnesty period, having an unregistered firearm is punishable with up to 14 years prison on a fine of up to $280,000.


PHOTO: This 1915 WWI German Luger pistol was among the firearms handed in during the amnesty. (ABC Radio Adelaide: Brett Williamson)


Guns surrendered by state
  • NSW: 13,468
  • QLD: 7,000
  • VIC: 2,150
  • SA: 1,338
  • TAS: 1,136
  • WA: 521
  • ACT: 264
  • NT: 122
 
If they're stupid enough to do it, they're stupid enough to get whatever they get.
 
You know you don't hear anything about North Koreans turning in their guns.
 
Well the federal government has essentially made Outlaws of us all anyway because they have a tax code that we're all in violation of at some point. The reason for this is the tax code is self-contradictory, but of course under the law, that's no excuse & the IRS picks and chooses whatever rules they wish to apply.

When the government creates laws the citizens can't obey, and creates laws that they don't allow the police to enforce, and violates the laws themselves at their discretion, with whatever excuses the law allows . . .

Well at that point we have pretty much all become outlaws.

And not by our own hand but by our own forbearance.:(
 
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