Thread: Response to the Law and Order Select committee

Originally Posted by Beetroot

I believe some areas we can be happy to allow change is:
Security, an improvement on minimum standards are needed
Penalties, increased penalties for people who do break the law
Recording of serial numbers, I believe it should be a requirement that gun owners personally record serial numbers and information on firearms, so if their guns are stolen the police are able to tell for certain if the guns are found in subsequent investigations.

Minimum security requirements don't require a law change, just common sense by gun owners and the vetting officers who check the security of gun owners.
Penalties for violent crime with a firearm are a joke as they stand, we all know and agree to that.
Recording of serial numbers. I agree, everyone SHOULD keep a personal record of their serial numbers, but instead of making more legislation (which is the last thing any country needs), how about we aim for education?
Why do we not drum in to people (via MSC, police firearm safety campaigns, gun stores, COLFO, SSANZ, FOUNZ, NRA, PNZ etc etc) that it is a great idea to personally record the serial numbers of their firearms in the case that they get stolen?

Originally Posted by Beetroot

As I said, if the Police/Government decided they really wanted to ban semi-auto they could, if they put as much pressure as they do in Europe and the USA we don't have the NRA or enough people to oppose them.

If that were the case, how did we not end up with so many of the recommendations in the report? You think that was blind luck?

A lot of people put in a lot of work to make this happen. So many people took part of the democratic process that is used to further restrict and take away gun owners freedoms and thanks to that, we ended up with a "not as bad as it could be" result.