On 27/01/17 21:47, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 28/01/2017 7:01 AM, David Billington wrote:

What does an AU gun magazine comprise of, my understanding from an
Australian was the regs were similar to the UK with hand guns and rifles
restricted to professions that required them. A friend in the UK does to
black powder shooting which has risen in popularity as a result of the
increased restrictions on modern firearms here.

I used to shoot in competition, and once had probably around a dozen
firearms. By the time I moved here, had sold all but my Feinwrkbau 65
air pistol. When I learned that it would have to be imported, stored,
and treated as a firearm, and plinking in my back yard (live on the
main street) could land me in jail, I sold it too. So have virtually
zero direct knowledge of firearms here. Private non-professional
ownership is legal, at least in NSW, though tightly restricted.

Magazines feature lots of hunting articles, the usual reviews, and of
course, political discussion. There's quite a debate right now over a
particular model lever action shotgun over attempts to reclassify it
as something terribly dangerous. Reason I sent it over was the ads,
you'd be surprised what is actually advertised. Maybe I'll grab
another from the lunch room at work, scan a few ads and put up in a
Google album,
share the link for y'all.

Attitudes over guns here surprise me, so many have a genuine outright
fear, as if the gun will imbue the owner with a desire to commit murder.
Not surprisingly, many Americans down here are in lock step with this.

A few weeks after arriving, the local gun club hosted an open range
day, out of curiosity I attended. Paid a modest fee, signed some
paperwork, got to shoot a Walther rapid fire pistol. The overall
atmosphere was, hmm, different to ranges in the States. Those
attending ranged from seasoned shooters, to some that declined to
shoot and looked upon the firearms with fear. Was interesting.
The paperwork registered me with the local police. I later thought
with amusement a possible reaction therein: "Typical Yank couple weeks
in the country and first thing runs off to the gun range"... lol.

Jon

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Jon,

I lived in the states for 12 years and had a gun license in Kansas,
or at least did the gun training, it was some years ago now. I don't
have any great affinity for guns, but did enjoy the buzz off shooting
them on occasions, but didn't feal any need for them especially here in
the UK although my dad did when in the US. One of the guys at the last
company I worked for was brandishing a Feinwrkbau air rifle in the car
park and I went to talk to him out of curiosity and he said it was
perfectly legal but a slight oddity seeing some one waving one around in
daylight in the UK. I've known of other cases of people walking down
public roads with firearms classified as obsolete in the UK and causing
quite a stir due to their presence.