Paul,

Can't help it can you, must you continually shew your ignorance?

Bye the way, what are approved sports shooting associations if shooting is not a sport?

Toni,

In a nutshell, exercise; you know that activity that the Government is continually urging Australians (particularly the fat ones) to do more of.

Paul et al

Here's a pic of my favourite gun, the one that I mostly hunt with.
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1447202251/0#0

You can obtain a firearms licence in NSW even if you have been convicted of the following prescribed offences;

A prescribed offence is a conviction for offences involving firearms or weapons,
prohibited drugs, violence, offences of sexual nature or involving fraud,
dishonesty, stealing, robbery or offences relating to terrorism.

Yes, you could have been convicted of one or all of these offence and still be eligible to hold a firearms licence in NSW, ridiculous in the extreme!

If Ivan Milat was to walk out of prison today, under the existing NSW law he could apply for a firearms licence tomorrow, as his convictions are over 10 years old.

"A person has been convicted within the last 10 years of an offence prescribed"

GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE!..PEOPLE WITH GUNS KILL PEOPLE!

Paul1405,

The NSW 'Watermelon' Greens go out of your way prove that the Greens are bunch of clowns.

Isn't it the policy of leftists and the Greens, that a conviction should not stand in the way of employment, that (say) a sex offence shouldn't block a 'blue' card to work with children?

The headline-hunting doyen of the leftist 'Progressives', Barack Obama leads the way,

"NEWS NOV 2 2015, 6:01 PM ET
Obama Bans Hiring Bias Against Ex-Cons Seeking Federal Jobs"

If you have a serious criminal conviction recorded against you, all the best of luck (NOT!) in trying to get a firearms licence. The police and the thousands of reputable law-abiding citizens with licenses will NOT be buying leftist 'Progressive' and Greens policy on that!

The NSW Stalinist 'Watermelon' Greens are a joke. There must be red noses all round at their knees-ups, which could be held in a phone booth.

G'day there IS MISE...

I must confess I've never seen a frozen river in Vietnam ! You really can't visualise just how cold a country can get when many of it's waterways are frozen solid in winter ? I suppose operating many of your weapons would've been quite difficult as well ? The exposed metal parts would be so cold to touch and to operate, eg. bolt on the SMLE. Even with finger-less gloves, adjusting sights, reloading magazines, all the little 'fiddly' things one needs to do, when handling small arms, particularly in a combat environment ?

I often whinged and moan about the constant wet around us when fording shallow creeks and streams - every damned part of you was continually wet through, either from water immersion or continual sweat ! I must admit I'd prefer that, than the intense bone chilling cold you blokes of 3RAR went through in Korea !

Apropos the LA Adler 12g ? What's all the fuss about do you know, as it was my understanding that issue was put to bed awhile ago now ? A LA 'Shoty' has no greater level of superiority in it's recyclability, then any other LA F/A, as you'd well appreciate IS MISE.

Though I've not handled one, but as you're aware, Shotguns come in many varied configurations, including the inimitable Mossberg Mod 695 12g bolt action with a 3xrd mag. Then there's, *slide action, *semi-auto, *side by side, *U&O and *SS ? The whole spectrum really.

I'm unaware of any sinister aspiration or intent associated with the Adler Shotgun ? After all there's nothing more (modification or otherwise) one can do with the thing ? I'd not wish to own one, as I'm not particularly impressed by their mfg. criterion. They're not dissimilar to that of the Filipino 'Squires Bingham' range of budget F/A's - made to a price, in order to capture the lower end of the market I would've thought ?

Paul,

"A prescribed offence is a conviction for offences involving firearms or weapons,
prohibited drugs, violence, offences of sexual nature or involving fraud,
dishonesty, stealing, robbery or offences relating to terrorism."

Most of those offences may not involve violence, is that why the Greens do not see them as being a bar to having a licence?

Greens' Firearms Policy:
15.1 Have no criminal record involving violence, have a character reference from an authorised member of the community and the right of veto by household (immediate relatives or partners) members;
http://nsw.greens.org.au/policies/nsw/firearms

Suggest that you become familiar with your party's policy.