Following the Destruction of Australia’s Firearms Heritage, Aussie Shooters Fire Back

By Ammoland

Aussie shooters fire back.
By Neil Jenkins

Australia –-(Ammoland.com)- In 1996, Australian shooters were subjected to confiscation of their semi-automatic rifles and pump action shotguns on an unprecedented scale.

Many of our own critics point to that as a model for dealing with gun crime here in the US, while others describe it as a barbaric display of authority.

In 2002, the same thing happened again in Australia, only this time the government went after certain types of handguns, mostly those handguns with barrel lengths of less than 10 centimetres. The reason? That these could be easily concealed.

In the state of Victoria, with a population of just under 6 million, the major shooting organisations had enough. While they did stand side by side at earlier protests, they took a new step and signed up a collective political strategy, forming the Combined Firearms Council of Victoria, or CFCV. While there are other umbrella groups, this was the only one in Australia that embarked on a similar election strategy as the NRA. Timing was …read more

Source:: AmmoLand