While Shooters Union of Australia president, Graham Park, agrees with NSW Liberal Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm’s skeptical view on the lack of effectiveness of the first national gun amnesty to be undertaken since the one instigated by John Howard in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre, he supports the concept behind amnesties overall. Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced last week that a national ...

There are nearly 200,000 registered gun owners in Queensland sharing 800,000 weapons, figures obtained by Fairfax Media reveal. But one UQ academic said it is not the number of guns registered that is concerning, but the number of guns police do not know about. Professor Ross Grantham from UQ law school, who is a registered gun owner himself, said the ...

First they came for the military type semi-autos but that didn’t affect me because I didn’t need them… Then they came for all semi-auto centrefire and rimfire rifles and even shotguns in 1996, but that didn’t affect me either as I was happy to hunt with my old Winchester 30-30, so I remained silent… Then they came for the handguns ...

After recent comments in state Parliament painting primary produces as rednecks – “the lone cowboy with the pistol strapped to the hip” – Police Minister Bill Byrne has gone very quiet. As reported in a story broken by Queensland Country Life here, Mr Byrne told Parliament the “idea of the lone cowboy, with the pistol strapped to the hip as ...

Forget a “Fair Go” –  in a seeming total lack of good economic sense the current Queensland Government seems hell bent on attacking and damaging anything agricultural and regional in our state. Despite the fact that regional Queensland generates considerable income and is the primary caretaker of our natural environment. First our state government introduces a new vegetation management act ...

The Australian Labor Party have an Anti-Gun / Anti-Farmer Agenda… Have a listen to this… In response to a question from Robbie Katter (Katter’s Australian Party) in Queensland Parliament yesterday, Police Minister Bill Byrne made it very clear that he mistrusts Queensland Primary Producers and Landholders in relation to handgun ownership. Click HERE to listen. Send Labor Police Minister Bill ...

Finally some common sense is being talked on one of the most popular radio programs in Australia. Listen to this 9 minute interview on Radio 2GB with NSW Federal Senator David Leyonhjelm about our gun laws, and why they are not as effective as claimed. David is the strongest, most rational voice that firearm owners have ever had in the ...

This is a great story! A growing number of women who love adventure and the outdoors are embracing a traditionally male-dominated pastime — hunting. Their passion for the skills they learn and the challenges they work through is evident, as is the amount of criticism they attract. The picture above shows nurse Emma Sears on a hunting expedition in New ...

A Lot Has Happened in the Last Two Weeks! The graphic above outlines what the AG’s department said about the Adler, despite what they were told by the ACC and the AFP. Why did they say that? And yet they still want to ban the 7 shot Adler at the COAG meeting next month (and probably a lot more we ...

Criminals who steal firearms not only break the law, but risk their lives and the lives of law-abiding firearm owners. Help us to compile case studies to change the laws that affect us most!