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Shooters union Qld gun laws dinner

#1 Postby plumbs7 » Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:39 pm

From Shooters union Qld email. Regards Graham.

We're Spending your Membership $$
to HELP You!
Dear Graham

Shooters Union is spending some of your membership dollars to bring a Canadian politician to Australia and especially to Queensland.

You might ask WHY?
Simply put, we believe that firearm ownership in Australia is about to face a challenge of a scale not seen since 1996. We believe that it is vital that the case for the rights of law abiding firearms owners be heard loudly and clearly in any debate about changes to the law

We believe that by taking decisive action early on that we may be able to prevent the rights and concerns of law abiding firearm owners from being swept aside by the vested interests of the anti-gun lobby and the unfounded claims designed only to panic public opinion.

The Australian Situation:
Anti-gun organisations, along with a number of Canberra and high-level state bureaucrats, have begun a quiet campaign for even more draconian firearms legislation across Australia over the past 12-18 months. This campaign includes:

• The Senate Inquiry, led by a Greens Party Senator, was a frontal attack on firearms ownership. Thankfully this turned into an “own” goal for the anti-gun lobby, when a majority of the committee issued a report favourable to firearms ownership

• Commonwealth Attorney General’s Office – the Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group has made clear its desire to reclassify lever action firearms, both rifle and shotgun as category C.

• Media Releases suddenly over the past 3 weeks focusing on “reviewing” the National Firearms Agreement (NFA). These media releases are not random, but are in our belief part of a highly developed strategy to incite public concern and fear, opening the way for legislative changes. Australian gun control groups have a stream of media releases they are feeding the media at present.
Perhaps the most striking thing about this campaign is that it is not coming from politicians. Rather, this is a campaign devised by police and anti-gun lobbyists and directed at politicians in the hope of panicking them into a knee-jerk response.

Prevention better than cure:
Having seen the signs some months ago, SUQ began researching and contacting “experts” in firearms legislation in fellow commonwealth countries such as New Zealand and Canada to try and balance the misinformation being fed to politicians.

Canadian laws were a strong influence on the way Australia enacted laws after 1996 and so it made sense for us to find someone knowledgeable there.

Canada has actually been moving away from a number of the laws earlier put in place due to their findings of virtually ZERO effects on crime and public safety.

And one of the KEY politicians in Canada who spent over 15 years fighting to remove bad legislation in Canada is Garry Breitkreutz MP. He is one of the most knowledgeable people on firearms legislation internationally as well as a committed defender of traditional freedoms in Commonwealth nations.

Even though Garry is only in Australia for a few days due to his very busy schedule, we have arranged for him to have private meetings with key politicians (and hopefully police officials) in Canberra and also in Queensland. We hope that by hearing first hand of the lessons learned in Canada, and of the massive cost benefits as well as increased public safety from a more reasoned approach to firearms regulation, that we can inject some common sense into the debate and provide some balance in the information that is put before our politicians on the subject of firearms reforms.

Come One, Come All:
We are hosting just one open meeting in Brisbane where ALL our members and supporters may attend and learn just HOW Canada has changed the direction of firearms legislation for the better. Garry will be joined in Brisbane by Samara McPhedran Phd, one of the leading researchers into causes of violence in Australia and an excellent speaker.

A two course dinner is included and music will be provided by Steve Lee, famous for his “I Like Guns” series of songs, Steve has very kindly offered to entertain us for the evening.

This evening will be the most informative and interesting event held in Australia relating to firearms ownership since 1996. So if you truly do want to be an active battler for positive change reserve your seat now, bring a friend and join us on Thursday 13 August.

To book, go to our website on www.shootersunionqld.com.au.

I look forward to seeing you there...

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Re: Shooters union Qld gun laws dinner

#2 Postby Razer » Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:42 pm

Pre-emptive strikes are usually the most successful so, all the best for a 'very' successful outcome.
This is an excellent initiative on the part of the Qld Shooters Union.

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Even though Garry is only in Australia for a few days due to his very busy schedule, we have arranged for him to have private meetings with key politicians (and hopefully police officials) in Canberra and also in Queensland. We hope that by hearing first hand of the lessons learned in Canada, and of the massive cost benefits as well as increased public safety from a more reasoned approach to firearms regulation, that we can inject some common sense into the debate and provide some balance in the information that is put before our politicians on the subject of firearms reforms.

Ms Bishop will probably be unable to attend due to the recent cancellation of her helicopter charter flights. :wink:

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Re: Shooters union Qld gun laws dinner

#3 Postby plumbs7 » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:42 pm

Hi , I can't make this dinner , so I thought I could do my little bit and post it . If you want to go get in touch with Qld shooters Union.


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