Category Archives: Government

Firearm policy & legislation, Government, Shooter information

NSC scores Opinion Piece in Herald Sun

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
09
May

IN MID APRIL, several News Limited papers ran multiple stories obviously fed to it by our famous ‘gun control researchers’ who used the 25th anniversary of Port Arthur to argue that the states have been dragging their feet on the National Firearms Agreement. The stories were a hatchet job by News which failed to provide […]

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Reclassification, Regulators, Western Australia Government

NSC files second calibre case in WA

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
08
May

THE NSC HAS launched a new legal action in WA on a shooters right to have access to a calibre required to do pest eradication. This is the second matter the NSC is sponsoring on calibres, which is in addition to the three other current matters it has going on reclassification out West.  In all […]

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Firearm laws, Northern Territory Government

Stabbing hero pinged for rescuing neighbour

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
08
May

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER of shooters believe that we should be able to have firearms for self-defence. Even those who disagree couldn’t argue that there can be times when you need to be able to use a firearm to defend yourself.    For example, when someone comes at you with a knife. The David Dunstan story […]

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Elections, Reclassification, Tasmanian Government

Tasmania’s gun laws: Made on ‘assumptions’

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
29
Apr

The NSC is recommending shooters voting in the 1 May Tasmanian State Election change their vote away from the Liberals. This year’s election is one of the most important ones that shooters in Tasmania have had for quite a while.  Tasmania has an unfriendly firearms registry, an education policy that opposes and denigrates organised clay […]

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Elections, Tasmanian Government

Memo to Liberals: get your hands off school shooting activities!

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
27
Apr

27 April The NSC is recommending shooters voting in the 1 May Tasmanian State Election change their vote away from the Liberals. This year’s election is one of the most important ones that shooters in Tasmania have had for quite a while.  Tasmania has an unfriendly firearms registry, appearance laws which are creating uncertainty, and […]

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Elections, Tasmanian Government

Change your vote: Tasmania needs a new police minister

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
25
Apr

The NSC is recommending shooters voting in the 1 May Tasmanian State Election change their vote away from the Liberals. This year’s election is one of the most important ones that shooters in Tasmania have had for quite a while. Tasmania has an unfriendly firearms registry, appearance laws which are creating uncertainty, an education policy […]

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Elections, Tasmanian Government

Change your vote: we need someone better

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
23
Apr

The NSC is recommending shooters voting in the 1 May Tasmanian State Election change their vote away from the Liberals. This year’s election is one of the most important ones that shooters in Tasmania have had for a while. Tasmania has an unfriendly firearms registry, appearance laws which are creating angst uncertainty, an education policy […]

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Gun thefts, Queensland Government

Queensland Police promise new gun theft monitoring program

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
17
Apr

Queensland Police have announced they have introduced a monitoring program to track gun thefts following the accidental release of shooters’ information. Or so they are saying. The data leak READERS will recall that earlier this year, Queensland Police accidently released the email addresses of over 500 shooters in the Moreton area. In the wrong hands, […]

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Australian Capital Territory Government, New South Wales Government, Northern Territory Government, Queensland Government, Reclassification, South Australia Government, Tasmanian Government, Victorian Government, Western Australia Government

Why our lawmakers want appearance laws

Posted on by Neil Jenkins
10
Apr

– which they base on ‘could’, ‘may’, ‘potential’ and ‘assumption’ The NSC wrote to eight jurisdictional regulators about the policy rationale underpinning our appearance laws and has received seven responses back. Of those seven: Two jurisdictions offered explanations of why they have the laws; One jurisdiction showed it doesn’t even understand what its own laws […]

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