The lighter side of police work

   / The lighter side of police work
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Buot you have to have yours locked up where they are unavailable when needed.

No one carries a gun apart from police and some security people such as payroll trucks although most things are cashless now.
I don't feel the need for a firearm and I am not a hunter.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #12  
Where would you get an idea like that Mate? Whilst certain types of "guns" are illegal, many others are not. You just have to have a proper licence, the weapons registered and gun-safe locked (subject to random Police inspections).

We've got active hunting seasons, sport shooting clubs (pistol, rifle & skeet/trap) and landowner/farmer feral animal control (rabbit, cat, dog, pig & 'roo).

Lots of hunting going on here in Tassie: Game Hunting Requirements, Licence Costs & Bag Limits

Subject to random police inspections :shocked:
I don't comment on many posts but,WOW!!
 
   / The lighter side of police work #15  
Subject to random police inspections :shocked:
I don't comment on many posts but,WOW!!

What? It's not a big deal and it's not an annual thing. It's simply part of responsible 'gun' ownership here in Aus. Most of the time it's to ensure that the gun safe is properly anchored and secured. It could be years between inspections but if it does happen, and you haven't secured your weapon(s) properly, you can be fined or have your licence revoked... so it's an incentive to always do the right thing. A lot of people have their gun safes out side of the house in their garage or out in the shed. To us, a rifle/pistol is, for the most part, a tool and therefore belongs in the 'tool-shed'.

My friends in Pyengana, who have a cattle/sheep property + small slaughter house, have several rifles locked up in one of their garage/workshops. They often go on evening wallaby shoots to keep the population down and sell the meat on to various restaurants/butchers in the area. Wallaby meat is yummy and makes a great sausage!
 
   / The lighter side of police work #16  
Buot you have to have yours locked up where they are unavailable when needed.

See above ^^.

Your definition of 'unavailable when needed' is different from ours. If there's a feral animal problem then you simply go and get the weapon and, responsibly, take care of them.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #17  
Did I read that right? Random Police Inspections of your firearms? That is a POLICE STATE if I ever heard of one.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #18  
Bolting a gun safe to a wall in a shed is a silly idea, and inspecting the shed for safety is even sillier.. So I take it you don't have any thieves or any violence in Aus for you to have a firearm inside the house? I wouldn't want to tell a person breaking in to hold on a second until I go out in the shed for minute..

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what Roo tastes like..



The data, obtained by lobby group Gun Control Australia (GCA) under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, reveal that almost 27,000 firearms have been reported as stolen across the country between 2007 and 2017.

The figures show that the number of gun thefts has increased from just over 1,700 in 2007-8 to nearly 3,300 in 2016-17.

Hunting rifles account for the majority of firearms stolen, followed by handguns.

Most are registered firearms stolen from private homes and farms and most are never recovered. Many of the guns end up on the illegal market, in the hands of criminals.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #19  
Maybe a good reason (as in Canada) just to have a spear gun beside the bed. Hey, I was going fishing in the morning!
 
   / The lighter side of police work #20  
Did I read that right? Random Police Inspections of your firearms? That is a POLICE STATE if I ever heard of one.

No, it's not.

If it were a constant, monthly, thing then I would agree.

For the most part it rarely happens, but could. That's the difference.

As for a Police State... feel free to google the ratio of Tasmania Police (we only have State Police) to the population of Tassie. There's no way that they ould inspect every gun-safe annually. We rarely see the cops unless needed.
 

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