G’day guys, l’m new to the forum and just saying hi to the membership, I live in what used to be the great state of western Australia in the south west. Sorry to say the government is slowly destroying it brick by brick, l do have an idea that if everyone in Australia donated $1.00 for each gun they own to a trusted organisation l believe we could possibly destroy this bullshit that is causing so much heart break for the shooting community in Australia. I’ve been a member of the SSAA for quite some time and l’m so disappointed in what they are about l burnt my renewal letter up today, there out for there hierarchy and not the members, l know nothing that l’ve ever heard of that they’ve done to seriously help in a major way, look at the gun shops here in WA. Anyhow have a great day
G’day mate and comiserations!
Sad to say WA is done, we are excepting refugees from your country to Australia. All WA shooters should vote with their feet and move interstate. It would seriously hurt them when they are already screaming for trades and professions. There are add campaigns run in the east constantly, fuck em where it hurts and take your family and leave.
Did you have to give up many guns?
Welcome, @Ratbag ! Yep, heartbreaking to watch what’s happening there. But hopefully we’ll keepnyou company!
Yes l handered in 2 hand gun’s a Glock 34 gen 3 and my Ruger .22 target pistol, to buy an FX King in .22 l’d been a member of gun-mart in Midland WA for 26 years had to rejoin SSAA at Dawesville down past Mandurah cause Paul Papalia closed it down, bloody sad also l handed a basically new Ruger M77 357 bolt action and a .20 cal weihrauch hw 77 2 months ago or less l owned 13 firearms so you can see the dilemer I’m in…
Thanks buddy, but sad to say I don’t think you guys in the eastern states are far behind western Australia. Wa is the test case make no mistake of that we seriously need to fry these fuckers in one way or another legally of course I cannot understand their mentality or where they are coming from they discust me in every way in a normal world we should respect the government not fucking hate them and want to see them fry
you can bet they’ll try it, but no party has that safe majority over here to go full retard like they did in WA. they will definitely keep trying to chip away though!
I agree totally
Welcome mate, yep WA is fucked, i lived there for about 6 years but am taking a bit of a break overseas. Pretty much everything fun is illegal in WA. I like to call it labours war on the weekend, they really just want you to either work or sit at home watching netflix
What makes the situation in WA worse was groups like Shooters Union tried to get involved and help fight the laws because they could see they’d come East if not challenged, and got told to fuck off in no uncertain terms by a group which appointed itself The Sole Group Allowed To Represent Shooting In Western Australia - and who shortly afterwards were startled to discover that, metaphorically speaking, the leopards were eating its face.
Greetings and salutations.
I too have the misfortune to live in WA, in the Great Southern. I’m seriously pissed off with SSAA. The ONLY reason I’m still with them is coz they own the range. I’ve joined the SU recently. I’ve heard of “The WA Firearms Community Alliance” recently, but haven’t found how to join them. If anyone knows their contact details I’d love to know.
Cheers, Spud,
contact chris at allguns.com.au ,hes sorting it. ive asked him to chime in, ill try him again.
Welcome aboard @Ratbag. I think Qld is dipping it’s toe in the water at the moment to see how we’ll react to that bullshit you guys have been through.
Thanks mate, yes it’s not a pleasant place to live, hopefully the new police minister will say to the police commissioner fuck off this is our job mind your fucking business…
Howdy, No doubt WA has many challenges, the most important one I’m addressing with Allguns is a collectors society as every collector in WA now needs to be a member of an approved Society…
Currently the biggest society is WA Arms and Armour and until recently 3 other small ones.
Happy to report since we were approved Allguns Historic Collectors Society has been growing from strength to strength in WA and later we plan to have chapters in each state…
Baby steps at this stage… but watch when we release the new upgraded Allguns site.
Firstly welcome to Oz Gun Lobby @ALG .
That all sounds good mate, can’t wait to see the upgrades to your website.