The nature of collecting
historic arms has been changed, not by the collectors themselves,
but by government diktat. As the mere acquisition and collection of historical
arms has become a political act involving issues of freedom,
liberty, and personal rights being subjugated to State decree, the issues of historical arms collection in a changing
society become libertarian issues.
RECONNECTION OF THE
WEBSITE
- 22 FEB 2009
wlb
ruling on magazineS - 5 january 2006
Starting off the New Year with another serving of Police
Legislation? (Only for those with a strong stomach)...................................................(more)
HOW
THE COMMONWEALTH WILL ABUSE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS - the next
attack on arms collectors will be federally sponsored
As there is no right under the Constitution enabling
Australian citizens to bear arms, the framers of the Constitution also denied
to the
Commonwealth Government the express power over firearms and
ammunition. However your Government
won't let a silly little limitation like the Constitution get in the way
of exerting their 'less express' powers. Here's how they
will coerce your friendly local Weapons Branch into further denials of
supply, outlawry of
military-style weapons, criminalising the possession of large capacity magazines
etc..............................................(more)
Weapons Licensing
Branch caught falsifying their own records – and maybe yours too!
We all know that WLB are the first to throw the book
at you if you get something wrong with your paperwork. It's Devil's
Island for you if you so much as spell your own name wrong. But what
about the state of THEIR records? So who is to throw the book at WLB
when they breach that obscure bureaucratic commandment when they decide
to leave the "not" out of "Thou shalt not bear false witness?"
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CUSTOMS REGULATIONS BRING
IMPORTER UNDONE
A QUEENSLAND gun dealer, who had lately
triumphed over several years of Queensland Police misuse of their powers
and abuse of legal proceedings, has lost his legal battle
with Australian Customs officials over the importation of pistols from
China – and more than half his shipment worth almost $US100,000 as well.
Have the Federal Government, lacking the
Constitutional Power to make Firearms Laws, decided to use their Customs
Powers as the means to enforce their unconstitutional agenda? .......(more)
KISS ANOTHER WEAPONS CLASS GOODBYE!
(29 August)A little canary tells me that there's a group of people
meeting this week here in the Smart State with a specific agenda to
reduce your ownership of firearms. No, they're not terrorists -
well, not in the way we know them. There is a Police Minister's
Conference in Brisbane this Wednesday, and their reported number one
item on the agenda is Pump Action and Lever Action Rifles and
Hi-Capacity Magazines. The Victorian Governments position is to BAN THE
LOT
AMNESTY? WHAT AMNESTY? (22 August)
A Guild Member has been
charged with the unlawful possession of a weapon which was handed in and
registered during the Firearms Amnesty. Another lesson in trusting your friendly
local Weapons Licensing Branch, Police Minister, Amnesty etc; HACCA, meantime,
looks the other way. More from the files of OPERATION
CATAPULT.................................................(more)
DISTRICT COURT DECISION FAVOURS COLLECTORS
There has been a win in
the District Court against the Weapons Licensing Branch recently in which a
Collector appealed against the decision of a Magistrate who had upheld a WLB
decision. The court held that the Magistrate had applied the wrong tests
in deciding to uphold the decision of the Authorised Officer. In doing so,
the court limited the WLB's interference with transfers of weapons from
Concealable Licences to Collectors Licences............................
(Download the Decision)........(more)
SECRETARY'S REPORT
Do you recall, some years ago being told that
computers would save paper? I'm afraid that isn't so when it comes to the
implementing of the new uniform handgun was as dictated by our beloved and
revered PM . I'm afraid the Guild's consumption of paper has also
risen in complying . So, let us get down to the next Tätigkeit des
Papierkrieges.........................(more)
IN THE MEDIA
In case you are
still feeling glum about creeping bureaucracy
and all these new rules and regulations, take comfort from the "it couldn't
have happened to a nicer bunch of blokes" views of Damien
Stannard in the Sunday Mail (June 12,
2005)............................................................................(more)
NEWS & COMMENTARY
WLB has decided "in the Public Interest"
that centre-fire rifles with a detachable magazine should not have a capacity
greater than 10 rounds.
(Sounds like a ban to us!) In this manner, WLB have just created a new
criminal offence. Being found in possession of a high capacity magazine
turns legal ownership of a Category B weapon into an offence. We need to assess
what its implications are, get the word out and about, and determine what is to
be done about it.............................................................(more)
JOURNAL ESSAY
In
the old coal mining days, a canary was placed in a cage and put into mine shafts
in order to detect any traces of methane gases that would naturally seep up from
deep below the surface of the earth. If a miner saw a canary lying flat dead on
it’s back, then he’d know it was high time to get the hell out a’ there!
Arms collectors are like canary's of individual liberty..............(more)
WEBSITE POLICY
This policy
describes the Website's objectives, contents, responsibilities and freedoms, as
well as the article submission & editing procedures.......(more)
TECH TALK
The website is a major project of the
Guild, and is a 'free to air' internet
educational asset. It's
not an 'entertainment' vehicle for
casual web-surfers or people in a hurry. It
assumes that you are
seeking resources and
perspectives which
you just can't find elsewhere. Not
every Internet Browser handles FP/JAVA language equally. Internet Explorer
(version 5 and above) is required. The website was developed using Microsoft
FrontPage, and some of its features
will..........................................(more)
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