Thread: how many of you bought a new rifle to avoid the registration from tomorrow?

Originally Posted by Bushline

Without sounding like a dick can someone please school me up on the issue of the registration?
I’m struggling to see the problem with the registration process if you’re a law abiding citizen? Cheers

Well;

-Government run entities have a track record of not keeping personal data safe.
-The Police in particular have had a bunch of recent cases of staff accessing data they shouldn't, often with links to unsavoury people.
-The Government/Police have basically said the register WILL be safe, meaning they likely don't have a process in place for when/if your data gets leaked, meaning your family may be at risk and the Police are hardly going to put armed guards outside your house 24/7. Once your address and info is out there it will never be able to be retracted.
-The Police don't seem capable of keeping up with changes of address, and couldn't keep correct details of B and E catergory firearms so the registry will likely be full of errors, thus worthless.
-The reasons for putting the register in place seem to based on ideology rather than real number actually backing up LFOs giving their guns to criminals.
-The UK has had firearm registration for decades and has restricted semi-auto centrefire rifles and hand guns for decades, yet criminals don't have an issue getting them.
-Once registation is done the Police will probably be like Australia and the UK where they continue to push more and more restrictions (slippery slope).
-The Police have been threatening to come down hard on LFO who don't play along, yet criminals continue getting slapped with a wet bus ticket.
-You need to follow the rules and do what you are told but the gangs seem to be able to take over towns for a funeral, or break lockdown rules and the Police will stand by and do nothing.

If there is a change of Government the register may well be scraped, even if it's not I'm not going to be first inline to findout if it is actually secure or not.

I handed in my semi autos on the last week of the buy back so will do the same as registation. I'm sick and tired of doing what I'm told when the powers at be don't care about destroying my hobbies/sport, while they let criminals run amuck with little to no resistance.

I could say more but then it'll be deemed political, thus not allowed.