Still thanking John Howard now, Australia? The case of the Albury farmer who used his .22 rifle to defend himself against a knife wielding home invader has taken an unsurprising turn. NSW Police have seized David Dunstan’s firearms after detaining an armed offender on his rural
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Denied! Self-defence win as NSW firearm owner uses rifle to ward off knife-wielding home invader
Another one. Flying in the face of Australia’s insanely stupid self-defence laws, a NSW firearm owner has used his rifle to ward off a knife-wielding home invader and protect his castle. The Bordermail reports: “TWO victims have armed themselves with weapons – including a rifle – during
Cootamunda By-Election: Desperate Nationals attack then pay lip service to firearm owners
A series of ever more desperate statements have come from the NSW Nationals in recent days, completely fearful of an Orange 2.0 in the upcoming Cootamunda By-Election. It all started last week with this Daily Telegraph effort calling Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party voters “angry white
Desperados: Australian media launch another pathetic wave of government sponsored anti-firearm propaganda
As three people were shot, a man threatened people with a machete at a McDonald’s, a woman was stabbed in public in Fitzroy and a slew of service stations and a jewellery store were robbed last week the Australian Government again launched another wave of anti-firearm
Self-defence win as Australian home owner shoots burglar and is not charged
Yes, that headline is correct. A rural homeowner in New South Wales has not been charged, after shooting a burglar who broke into his property. The burglar, Ben Rhodes, “pleaded guilty to aggravated enter dwelling with intent, which carries a maximum of 14 years in jail, and larceny.” The Herald reports:
“Bomb amnesty” and another firearm registry fail. The farce continues.
For the 2nd time in four months, Australian firearm owner details have been leaked to the public due to bureaucratic incompetence. In contrast to the incident in Victoria just recently, Service NSW have sent firearm licences to the wrong addresses. From the Daily Telegraph: “WEAPON stores
Scipione’s call to militarise NSW Police with semi-auto rifles is unjustified
In an interview with Channel 7, outgoing NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has called for NSW Police to be equipped with semi-automatic rifles before he retires in April. From the interview: “It won’t be too long before you are going to find long-arms on the streets,
Westfield Tuggerah Shooting Threat but how about those gun laws?
Reported last week by numerous outlets but first broken by the Newcastle Herald, was the alleged planning of a mass shooting by a “white supremacist”. This comes just as another person caught with an illegal firearm in Airport West and footage of a shooting in Elsternwick
Malabar Rifle Range: Labor Land Grab
As the insanity of 2016 has wound down and we head into a new year, the anti-gun crowd took one last parting shot at the firearm community at the year’s end. In an article released on Thursday, Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite stated that he has “written
That’s not a knife: Australian self-defence hypocrisy
Two recent events have cast yet another light on Australia’s criminal empowering self-defence laws. Last Thursday, a Brisbane café owner took matters into his own hands when confronted with a knife wielding armed robber. In true Moe Syzslak fashion, the gentleman decided to one up his