Dear Is Mise,

He can't possibly hit the mark
when he's aiming so low!

"Editorial: Queensland is now at a fork in the road with the review of the anti-bikie laws
August 16, 2015
The EditorThe Courier-Mail

More than $800,000 cash as well as machine guns were seized during recent Hells Angels bikie raids across the Gold Coast.

WHEN the cat’s away, the mice will play. In Queensland, we can substitute the political policy sloths in George Street for the cat and replace the mice with the vermin that fill the ranks of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

While the Palaszczuk Government persists with its deliberate inertia over what to do about the successful anti-bikie laws introduced by the previous Newman government, the criminals are wasting no time getting back to business.

The Government is persisting with its review of the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) laws, one of dozens of probes which have helped Labor create a facade of busyness since their surprise election success.

On the issue of bikies, what is there to review? Police Commissioner Ian Stewart – the same commissioner the Government this week reappointed for another two years based on his success – says reported crime has fallen 10 per cent.

Much of that can be attributed to the law enforcement blowtorch which has been applied to organised crime – read outlaw bikie gangs.

Our communities, particularly the Gold Coast where many of these rats make their nests, are safer.

The Commissioner discreetly declined to be drawn this week on whether he supported winding back the anti-bikie laws. That he has shown no such reticence in the past in praising the value of the laws to police as a crime-busting tool tells its own story."
contd..

"On Friday, 18 former patched members of the Bandidos who had admitted being involved in the Gold Coast brawl and the following siege of a police station, strolled out of Brisbane Magistrates Court smiling after being handed sentences including a good behaviour bond, fines and suspended jail terms. They were literally laughing in the face of the justice system.

The same arrogance is evident in the increasing activity of the gangs, as revealed in our exclusive report today. Police intelligence has identified the Hells Angels, Rebels, Mongols and Bandidos selectively recruiting as they seek to re-establish their reign, having been forced to flee the Sunshine State"..

In the past 10 weeks alone, the specialist Taskforce Maxima has shut down five operations, resulting in the seizure of drugs worth tens of millions of dollars and 35 deadly weapons.

Rightly or wrongly, the criminal gangs perceive a weakness and lack of will by the Palaszczuk Government and they are becoming emboldened. Having made great strides in smashing the menace, Queensland is now at a fork in the road.

..Queenslanders will be hoping the Government doesn’t hand the gangs a Christmas present for which we will all pay a heavy price."
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<Queensland police can fight to keep anti-bikie laws, Premier says

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says police are entitled to lobby to retain the anti-gang laws that were introduced by her predecessor.
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Lawrence Springborg said the fact it was an election promise did not mean the public wanted the legislation reviewed.

"I don't actually accept the contention behind that because if you look at things such as the VLAD laws they have been overwhelmingly popular," he said.

"Reviewing it out of existence is probably where we are heading."

'Those laws have certainly had an impact'

Commissioner Ian Stewart said the VLAD laws were a significant weapon in the fight against bikies.

"I have been on the public record as saying I think that they were a good thing," he said.

"We've had amazing success over the last few years; those laws have certainly had an impact."
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I rather think that OTB is not only aiming well but that he has excellent sights and is hitting the target in the X ring.

Is Mise,

Nice to note that you're impressed by otb's latest rants.

I merely note the headings and glide over the rest...I certainly couldn't be bothered actually imbibing those "off topic" diatribes.

Dear Is Mise,

I beg to differ.

A person aiming so low -
is a sign of
widespread eye problems and uncorrected vision.
Plus mismatched and corroding ammunition
does not help either.