The lighter side of police work

   / The lighter side of police work #21  
But could they use that premise to gain access to your property for some other reason? Regular inspections would bother me less, except for the cost to the taxpayer to have highly paid officers doing that kind of work.

If our officials were to find a .22 shell on your dresser along with your change, you could be charged for improper storage of ammunition.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #23  
If our officials were to find a .22 shell on your dresser along with your change, you could be charged for improper storage of ammunition.

I'm glad I live here.. That's crazy, I have ammunition in every room along side a firearm..
 
   / The lighter side of police work #24  
I'm glad I live here.. That's crazy, I have ammunition in every room along side a firearm..

I have ammo around for guns that I sold years ago. I would hate to have to round up all of my .22 and shotgun shells, I keep some in each truck so that I always have it.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #25  
I was in Australia earlier this year and had an opportunity to try Kangaroo. I'm kinda adventurous with foods as long as it's not to spicy, but my wife wouldn't even try it. I would describe it as similar to beef in flavor, but the texture has a much finer grain almost to the point there is no grain. It is darker in color than our beef and difficult to describe but not that far from the color of dark meat chicken that has been put in the refrigerator for a day.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #26  
I'm glad I live here.. That's crazy, I have ammunition in every room along side a firearm..

Well, I guess it all depends on where you live, eh? My Pyengana friends keep open boxes of ammunition for the various calibres of firearms that are in the gun-safe... on top of that safe. Out in the open.

And the regulations for mounting a gun-safe are not attaching it to the wall, it must be internally bolted to the floor.

Look... our societies are different. I don't feel the need to have a weapon 'close to hand'. Heck, I don't even lock my doors at night or when I'm away. When I lived in the 'Big Smoke' (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra; Navy postings = all rentals) I would lock my doors when I was away or at night. Some of those areas were considered 'rough', but I never felt threatened, nor did anything ever happen to my place during a month or three away at sea. It was a deterrent.

We (Australians) can legally have firearms. It's just that you have to first have to pass a stringent firearms course, have a background check (yes, by the Police) and have a properly installed (and inspected) gun-safe for the firearms that you are licenced to have. It's the way we do it here and not a lot of people are complaining about it.

Instead of (some of) you questioning the Australian way of firearm ownership, perhaps you should question your 'need' to have constant availability for firearms. (or a speargun by your bed :))
 
   / The lighter side of police work #27  
My questions were for my own education is all, it interest me how other people in different parts of the world do things and why they do them..

As far as you’re comment concerning why we need to have firearms around like we do, I enjoy the sport and always have, I spend two hours a week at a local indoor range practicing what I enjoy doing. It’s very common for people to have many firearms in there house, I have them to protect myself and family, I live at least an hour from any assistance from law enforcement, I shoot in competitions once a month as well. It’s a sport I and many others enjoy..
 
   / The lighter side of police work #28  
Well, I guess it all depends on where you live, eh? My Pyengana friends keep open boxes of ammunition for the various calibres of firearms that are in the gun-safe... on top of that safe. Out in the open.

And the regulations for mounting a gun-safe are not attaching it to the wall, it must be internally bolted to the floor.

Look... our societies are different. I don't feel the need to have a weapon 'close to hand'. Heck, I don't even lock my doors at night or when I'm away. When I lived in the 'Big Smoke' (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra; Navy postings = all rentals) I would lock my doors when I was away or at night. Some of those areas were considered 'rough', but I never felt threatened, nor did anything ever happen to my place during a month or three away at sea. It was a deterrent.

We (Australians) can legally have firearms. It's just that you have to first have to pass a stringent firearms course, have a background check (yes, by the Police) and have a properly installed (and inspected) gun-safe for the firearms that you are licenced to have. It's the way we do it here and not a lot of people are complaining about it.

Instead of (some of) you questioning the Australian way of firearm ownership, perhaps you should question your 'need' to have constant availability for firearms. (or a speargun by your bed :))

We (Americans) have a little thing called the Constitution and the 2nd amendment. :)
 
   / The lighter side of police work #29  
We (Americans) have a little thing called the Constitution and the 2nd amendment. :)

And an anstounding amount of gun-related violence - the highest in the developed world.
 
   / The lighter side of police work #30  
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.

There are some Aussies saying it is fast becoming a police state. How successive Australian governments have driven us to a police state
 

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