The case of Albury farmer David Dunstan has seen the consistently anti-firearm Australian media decide to come out on the side of self-defence this past week. Andrew Bolt has written briefly about self-defence before and even had John R Lott protégé Kesten Green on The Bolt
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Albury farmer case again highlights Australia’s dumb self-defence laws
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
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:
Gun crime marks start of National Firearm Amnesty
Obviously not everyone got the memo. The first week of the national firearm amnesty has not seen a break in gun crime – colour us surprised. A man in Coburg was shot in the leg outside a motel in the early hours of Sunday morning after
Brighton Shooting: the latest “Tough Gun Laws” fail
De ja vu. One week removed from criminal Rick Maddison acquiring what appeared to be a full automatic firearm and killing a Queensland Policeman, a criminal in Melbourne has done similar. Yacqub Khayre, a Somali refugee turned hardened criminal, acquired an illegal firearm (alleged to have
“Just be compliant during a home invasion” says Neil Mitchell and Victoria Police
As a shooting in Coolaroo with transpired, Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana, yes that Steve Fontana, appeared on the Today Show Tuesday morning to address the growing public reaction to the violent crime problem in Victoria. We give Karl Stefanovic some credit – he did
After an 8 person home invasion in Melbourne it’s time Australians took the red pill on self-defence
It’s just another lawless week in Victoria. The pick of this week’s action: A jewellery store in Waverley Gardens was robbed on Monday by a gang of axe wielding assailants. This was followed up by a 2nd jewellery store heist, this time in Malvern East. It
Victoria needs self-defence reform, not mandatory sentencing
The lawlessness continues in Victoria. Here’s a brief snapshot of recent action: An attempted car jacking in Terang A service station held up by hammer wielding assailants A man randomly bashed at a McDonalds A woman carjacked at gunpoint in Pascoe Vale A woman forced to
Hero tradie intervenes during convenience store robbery in Daniel Andrews’ Victim-oria
Another day in Melbourne. At least this story has some good news to it. A tradesman has armed himself with a hammer and confronted armed robbers who held up a 7-Eleven in Hampton Park, Melbourne on Tuesday morning. In the early hours of Tuesday, 3 men
Victoria: Victimhood, Victim blaming and Victoria Police
A column that appeared last week by Miranda Devine peaked our interest, mainly because we already wrote extensively about this subject twice, back in September and October. That aside, Devine was right on the money. Two more incidents in the space of a week confirmed the