Thread: NEW MSSA law ..?.......

Originally Posted by scaggly

Ummm.... You might not have realised this, but if you were to go back to the original Bill that Police introduced for the latest changes, the wording in that did actually give the ability to classify bolt action firearms as MSSAs. It was only as a result of the submissions in the select committee process that it was changed so that bolt guns weren't able to be declared MSSA.

This is true, originally the Police did try to put through the ability to classify any firearm a MSSA. Thanks to a few who stood up to this and reasoned with the select committee this was changed back to semi only. One of the main contributors in getting the original wording changed was the NSA.
Imagine the uproar if bolties required an E cat!

I find it very amusing that a bolt action could ever be considered a Military Style SEMI Automatic by our Police Force.