Thread: Firearms ban in Western aussie

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

now speaking of shooting ones self in foot..... what pray tell me is the definition of a "service rifle" and what would be the definition of a AR15 used as a service rifle if its NOT A MILITARY RIFLE...or a rifle of military design used in a military fashion....

I hear what your saying,we should be allowed to shoot rabbits in the back paddock with a lewis gun in the perfect world,and all pighunters and shepherds should be allowed to carry a revolver..but its NOT a perfect world...and the general public were fed a load of bullshit which the majority of them swallowed down and regurgitated back up for others to swallow... we are where we are....
the argument thats certain types of firearm should be OK for all to use because a few use them in specialised means has been bandied around forever.... the reality is this..its not going to happen and the general public wont back you up on it.the governments of our time sure as hell wont.
at very best we MAY end up with limited use permitted with special licence...like a P ENDORSMENT has done for the rifles you mentioned..a purpose deemed relevant has been put forward and the tools to do it have been approved. it remain to be seen if poking holes in paper or making steel plate go BOOOOOIIING is deemed important enough to be a relevant purpose.

The first part of your question was tightly defined in the service rifle match code Pre-2019. In layman's terms it had to be as close as possible to a standard issue infantry rifle. With regards to an AR15, in general you could not use an actual military issue one as it would fall under the category of a restricted weapon by virtue of the lower receiver and trigger group. Ironically we can still own these, but we can't compete with the semi auto versions anymore.