mapandcompass wrote:JamesInTheWorld wrote:I thought guns were pretty much banned in Australia
~JITW
They're only banned if you're a law-abiding citizen, am I right TJS?
Australias got some of the best hunting and some of the worst gun laws in the world. A very frustrating combination.
If you have any nasty records it'll be pretty hard to own or purchase a rifle or firearm licence. Semi-automatics are illegal except for just a few for people who can hold a special permit for them e.g farmers with high vermin problems.
You'll never see an AR-15 anywhere in Australia or anything along those lines. Even a semi-auto 5shot magazine 22 rimfire is illegal. We owned one and the government crunched it on us after a massacre occured in Tasmania in the 90's
You need a licence for paintball guns and a registered area to use them, airsoft guns are illegal (that doesn't bother me at all seeing as airsoft is for social-retards), even spud/orange/lemon guns are illegal (That tube you spray deodorant in and ignite with a spark plug - ILLEGAL!!). Heaps of our gun and hunting laws are just stupid. Nothing but dumb. All thanks to the politicians and stupid Green party.
A great example of the no-sense laws we have: I am allowed to purchase the AW.308 but if i buy the AW.308 with the foldingstock the whole rifle becomes highly illegal. Why? Who knows.