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misterlarry wrote:Sounds like the Aussies have thought of everything. They want to make it really hard for your incarcerated evil gun to reassemble and load itself before it starts on an unprovoked murderous rampage. Never can be too careful, can you?



I guess they don't realize that the safest place for a loaded gun is in a holster and on the hip of a responsible gun owner. Usually takes less than 5 minutes to deploy also.

Excaliber wrote:

philip964 wrote:"Mr Haines said it was futile for residents to depend on a gun for self-defence in their home, as firearms have to be dismantled and stored in a secure safe, separate from ammunition."

Recent unsolved shootings have included a police officer trying to stop an armed robbery in progress (I have to assume he was unarmed), and an unarmed home owner who was the victim of a home invasion. They suggested having a bat for home protection as the time required to assemble your gun might be five minutes. Some people wanted licensed gun owners to be required to keep their guns at their sporting club. Apparently young people now carry knives for self protection. I suspect there are already laws on the books about knives, with bat laws not far behind.

It looks like their "you'll be safer if we take away your ability to defend yourself" sales pitch has worked out about as well as our "hope and change."