In case you missed it, Sunrise’s David Koch went head to head with Gun Owners’ of America Executive Director Emeritus Larry Pratt last week as part of the Australian media’s week long grave dance on the Las Vegas shooting. The Australian Hunting Podcast also did a breakdown of
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Clean up our own backyard: Australians have no business lecturing Americans
The Australian media has continued it’s assault on firearms on the back of the Las Vegas shooting. Leading the charge were the authoritarians at Sunrise with the usual misleading statistics, sophistry and moralising from David Koch and Sam Armytage. Not worth anymore of our time, you
Enough with the Australian smugness: feeling safe and being safe are not the same thing
Here we go again. As the tragedy in Las Vegas unfolded, the Australian media broke out with it’s predictably formulaic “guns are bad mmmkay” schtick. The bodies weren’t even cold before the Australian media re-iterated the usual Pavlovian neurolinguistic chorus of blah blah Port Arthur blah
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
Why do I need a gun? None of your authoritarian business.
You may have a seen a meme recently courtesy of the gents at Aussie LAFO Memes, discussing the hypocrisy of Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart calling for further bans on firearms while at the same time wanting semi-automatic rifles for Queensland Police. Commissioner Stewart took exception
David Leyonhjelm is correct: Australians should be able to arm themselves against terror
After the London Terrorist Attack and Brighton Shooting, much of the discourse of the past week has been spent on Australia’s capacity to respond to terrorism. Senator David Leyonhjelm appeared on the Today Show to discuss lethal and non-lethal self-defence for Australian citizens. It was a
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
Invasive species: Australia needs to get serious about deregulating firearms and hunting
The past week has seen the debate about invasive species management fire up again, this time around feral cats. As Fairfax reports, the Australian government announced that it has called for the destruction of 2 million feral cats out of the many more millions currently roaming
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,
Australia needs a serious conversation on self defence
Aren’t we glad we banned the 7 shot Adler to stop them falling into criminals hands? We’ve written extensively about the failure of the Daniel Andrews’ government crime policies since last September. An event like this was sadly always coming and they failed to heed the