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Queensland Police hypocrisy over semi-auto rifles and self-defence

fouadmin March 03, 2018 News, Queensland, Queensland Police, Queensland Police Weapons Licencing Branch 1 Comment

Earlier in the week, Queensland Police had a whinge about why they didn’t have self-loading semi-auto rifles: “Queensland police should carry a rifle in every squad car, with every officer trained in how to use them, a senior officer has argued. Police headquarters would not rule

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Queensland Labor whinge about gun laws again

fouadmin January 16, 2018 Labor Party, LNP, Mark Ryan, News, Queensland, Queensland Election, Queensland Police Leave a Comment

Another day in Queensland: Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan has attacked Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Mander after a video surfaced of the then LNP police spokesman saying he was “open” to weaker gun laws. Mr Ryan on Tuesday took a swipe at Mr Mander over the

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Absurd: Labor and Queensland Police refuse record number of Category H permits for farmers

fouadmin December 27, 2017 News, Queensland, Queensland Police, Queensland Police Weapons Licencing Branch 1 Comment

One of the leading issues in the recent Queensland election was the abhorrent treatment of Queensland farmers by Queensland Police and their non-renewal and outright refusal of Category H licences for primary producers. FOI documents recently obtained show that Queensland Police in 2017 refused a record

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Australian Gun Owner trolls National Firearm Amnesty by surrendering Nerf Gun

fouadmin July 01, 2017 AFP, Border Force, David Leyonhjelm, Illegal Firearms, Jeff Bourman, Michael Keenan, National Firearm Amnesty, News, NFA, Queensland, Queensland Police 4 Comments

It didn’t even take 10 minutes. On the first day of the National Firearm Amnesty, a Queensland gun owner has surrendered a Nerf Gun: What is interesting is that names and details are being taken (although it is standard procedure to do so when handing in

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Another epic failure of Australia’s “tough” gun laws leads to killing of Queensland Policeman by full auto firearm

fouadmin May 31, 2017 Automatic Firearms, Criminals, Dr Samara McPhedran, Gun Control Australia, Illegal Firearms, John Howard, Queensland, Queensland Police, Rob Nioa, Rural 2 Comments

A 24 hour stand-off between Queensland Police and a known criminal has resulted in a Policeman being killed with a full auto firearm near Adare in Queensland. Senior Constable Brett Forte was gunned down by reknown criminal Rick Maddison when Forte attempted to stop Maddison’s vehicle.

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New wave of anti-firearm propaganda to sell National Firearms ‘Agreement’ while Australian Police arm up

fouadmin April 18, 2017 #FakeNews, Adler, Gun Control Australia, Gun Grab, Queensland Police, Tasmania Police Leave a Comment

Another wave of anti-firearm propaganda has been unleashed onto the Australian public in an attempt to sell the new National Firearms “Agreement”. It began a couple of weeks ago with this paid for hit piece from The Guardian’s Paul Farrell, with Gun Control Australia attempting to

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#FakeNews: 3D Printing narrative goes into overdrive

fouadmin March 05, 2017 #FakeNews, 3D printing, Border Force, Criminals, Gun Control Australia, Gun Grab, Illegal Firearms, NFA, Queensland Police, Social Engineering 2 Comments

A read of the news the last week and you would think the streets were running with red tinged plastic. 3D printers have been the target of authoritarian bansturbators in Australia for some time now, but it appears just recently the narrative has stepped into overdrive.

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Queensland Police: COAG says NO to pistols for farmers

fouadmin February 22, 2017 Bill Byrne, Category H, Feral Animals, Handguns, Primary Production, Queensland, Queensland Police, Queensland Police Weapons Licencing Branch 1 Comment

At a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing this week, we listened with interest as Police solicitors tabled a copy of the new National Firearms Agreement.  They were trying to take pistols off a man who has safely used pistols to destroy feral pests for a

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