In a fresh Christmas blow for West Australian Shooters and under guise of legislation to tackle ‘gun crime’ the McGowan government is making an unprecedented move in Australian Firearms legislation to ban the reloading of ammunition. Furthermore the legislation is set to introduce a special repairer’s
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WA Police want to use ‘mental health’ as new excuse to confiscate guns
WA Police have gone off the reservation in the last 18 months with regards to anything firearms related. The ‘very powerful firearm’ debacle, the transport issue, the attack on Ella Valla station, etc among a slew of other incidents that have revealed a distinct anti-firearm culture
Perth teenager raped in home invasion while politicians vote against self-defence
Absolutely abhorrent crime out of Perth: “A man has been charged with the sexual assault of a young girl after a terrifying break-in in Perth’s southern suburbs. It is alleged the 29-year-old man broke into the victim’s home on Saturday morning and sexually assaulted her before
LDP push pepper spray while One Nation votes against it
As David Leyonhjelm exited the Australian Senate last week, he used the opportunity to move a couple of final motions. One being for the legalisation of pepper spray: As you can see, it was soundly defeated and again, female Senators voted against it. Senator Fraser Anning
WA Police’s Operation Bluesun is a WOFTAM
In 2018, WA Police and WA Firearms Licencing went completely off the reservation in terms of their attacks on firearm owners. Choking transport of firearms across the state via Australia Post, trying to shut down WA Shot Show, the “very powerful firearm” debacle and most recently
WA Police now trying to actively intimidate Ella Valla Range
That escalated quickly. After we reported on WA Police and their attempts to effectively harass the Ella Valla Range into closing down over .50 calibre firearms, this happened (letter truncated for privacy): You can read what Mr Aylmore said here. As we said last week, he
Wankers: WA Police trying to shut down Ella Valla Range because they don’t like guns
We reported last week about the “Very Powerful Firearm” nonsense and the bureaucrats inside WAPOL Firearms Licensing that have decided to take the law into their own hands. It now goes further than that, with WAPOL now actively trying to shut down Ella Valla Station and
Rick Mazza pushes for paintball deregulation in WA
Good work from Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ MLC Rick Mazza: Spot on. WA has already taken steps towards the deregulation of Airsoft and it makes complete sense for Paintball to follow suit. Australia’s laws regarding Paintball and Airsoft have always been, quite frankly, nanny state garbage
WA Police relent on firearm carriage laws
Some potential good news out of Western Australia for a change. This from Senator Bridget McKenzie: “Federal Minister for Sport Bridget McKenzie has welcomed the decision by WA Police to approve Australia Post’s application to once more be an approved commercial carrier of firearms. While opening
“Very powerful” rubbish: WA Police and Milquetoast Michelle need to pull their heads in
What the hell is going on in WA this year? So far we’ve had the transportation of firearms and ammunition being restricted, Shot Show being shut down then only re-opened after intense pressure, the ridiculous Firearm Prohibitions Orders being enacted and now we have the “Very