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We were never particularly armed in the first place.

by ehnto 5y ago

refurb 5y ago
Last I saw Australia still has millions of guns.
- sgt 5y ago
  Yeah but that's for hunting mostly, right? You can never take that away. Is it possible to legally carry a sidearm (concealed or not) in Australia?
  - ajdlinux 5y ago
    It's impossible to get a handgun licence for self-defence unless you work for a security company like Armaguard, who are only allowed to use guns for defence of property rather than bodyguard-style services.
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  - paranoidrobot 5y ago
    The firearms licensing laws vary from state to state, but as a general rule you need a 'legitimate' reason to own a firearm, and self-defence is generally not one of them. For instance in NSW (the state that Sydney is in) - the NSW Police have a list of Genuine Reasons to own a firearm[1]. There's also other criteria you need to meet. It means that day to day, as a general rule the only people you might encounter with a firearm are police officers. That is, unless you work in a rural area or in one of those related industries. [1] https://portal.police.nsw.gov.au/s/article/Firearms-Licensing-Frequently-Asked-Questions#npc3 https://portal.police.nsw.gov.au/s/article/Firearms-Licensin...
  - senectus1 5y ago
    and sport shooting yes
- ehnto 5y ago
  Even if we had 10 million guns, they'd all be hunting guns and you still couldn't start a militia with them. We're not even a pointy stick in comparison to America's civilian gun ownership. The reason I point a comparison to America, is because the comment about "disarming" the public clearly starts from a previously armed public, and of those there are actually pretty few, and only one which I know to keep gun ownership as such a strong part of it's identity. It's no doubt something you would need to do to have a totalitarian government take over the US, but it's not really a step required for most other countries. There' aren't many countries that could raise a militia capable of overthrowing a military backed government just from it's citizens.

We were never particularly armed in the first place.

by ehnto 5y ago

We were never particularly armed in the first place.

refurb 5y ago

Last I saw Australia still has millions of guns.

sgt 5y ago
Yeah but that's for hunting mostly, right? You can never take that away. Is it possible to legally carry a sidearm (concealed or not) in Australia?
- ajdlinux 5y ago
  It's impossible to get a handgun licence for self-defence unless you work for a security company like Armaguard, who are only allowed to use guns for defence of property rather than bodyguard-style services.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
- paranoidrobot 5y ago
  The firearms licensing laws vary from state to state, but as a general rule you need a 'legitimate' reason to own a firearm, and self-defence is generally not one of them. For instance in NSW (the state that Sydney is in) - the NSW Police have a list of Genuine Reasons to own a firearm[1]. There's also other criteria you need to meet. It means that day to day, as a general rule the only people you might encounter with a firearm are police officers. That is, unless you work in a rural area or in one of those related industries. [1] https://portal.police.nsw.gov.au/s/article/Firearms-Licensing-Frequently-Asked-Questions#npc3 https://portal.police.nsw.gov.au/s/article/Firearms-Licensin...
- senectus1 5y ago
  and sport shooting yes
ehnto 5y ago
Even if we had 10 million guns, they'd all be hunting guns and you still couldn't start a militia with them. We're not even a pointy stick in comparison to America's civilian gun ownership. The reason I point a comparison to America, is because the comment about "disarming" the public clearly starts from a previously armed public, and of those there are actually pretty few, and only one which I know to keep gun ownership as such a strong part of it's identity. It's no doubt something you would need to do to have a totalitarian government take over the US, but it's not really a step required for most other countries. There' aren't many countries that could raise a militia capable of overthrowing a military backed government just from it's citizens.