Paul,

As it is compulsory under State law for most licenced firearm owners to record scores in target shooting matches etc., then it is incumbent upon the State Government to make provision for citizens to be able to comply with their legal obligations.
To do otherwise would be obstructing the fair application of the law.

Hi there PAUL1405...

Most within the justice system (police, lawyers, DPP, the judiciary, and relatives of those incarcerated therein) are opposed to selling off Long Bay for one very simple reason - proximity to the CBD of Sydney. It's a matter of convenience and easy accessibility for all concerned. If they intend to build a huge boob near Picton it makes it a far more difficult proposition to for everybody to get to the place.

Once again it's these bloody politicians who wish to cash up their coffers from redevelopment of the Site who are behind this nonsense.

Most crims employed outside the walls are on what's called an 'outside warrant'. If they choose to 'hit the toe' they are considered to have absconded from lawful custody.

The difference between 'escape and abscond' in gaol parlance; to escape...the crook usually 'breaks out' or climbs over the wall. Whereas to abscond...the crook (on outside warrants) can simply walk away from the gaol. All pretty boring, I realise.

Hi o sung wu,

Absolutely correct, remand centers etc need to be located relatively close to the legal people. Long Bay is only a short trip down ANZAC Pd, it gives easy access to the courts and to legal representatives.
No matter how we feel about crime, people on remand are innocent until proven guilty and deserve due consideration for family visits etc.

Hi Is Mise,

Not sure I agree, that the government have an obligation to provide the physical apparatuses to check the competency of people in relation to the community demand that such people be checked for their ability to use a gun. Its not in the same league as say the necessity of government to provide the apparatuses to test peoples driving ability. I would liken it more to the hoons demanding the government provide hoon tracks to indulge their perverse pleasure, and then force government to pay to test their hoon ability, so they wont kill themselves or us. Maybe a user pay system for such infinitesimal minorities such as shooter and their offspring the hooters is in order.
I have not said much about the hooters in the past, but we must remember they are joined at the hip with the shooter, through the Shooters and Hooters Party! just to digress i was shocked at the way Bob Ballsuo from the Shooter and Hooters Party declared war, metaphorically speaking, on Mike Baird over council amalgamations in NSW. Bob was spitting chips.

Beach, another one of your senseless diatribes against The Greens. Baseless nonsense. You push the same old rubbish on the forum at every opportunity, but do not disclose your own political affiliations to the lunatic fringe that is the extreme right.

Paul1405,

It is on the public record that in the last Qld election when Labor's Palaszczuk came to power the Greens showed their colours by actively campaigning against the only effective measure ever against violent drug-trafficking organised criminals and outlaw motorcycle gangs, namely the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013 (VLAD).

The VLAD was upheld by the High Court of Australia, despite hugely expensive appeals by bikie Queens Counsel(!).

This is one of the compelling reasons for the VLAD and bikies had also surrounded a police station and threatened police and their families.

<‘Biggest bikie turf war we’d ever seen’
Jeremy Pierce, today in The Courier-Mail

Bikie violence took over the Gold Coast during the so-called ‘ballroom blitz’ incident.

IT WAS the night of bikie violence that shattered the Gold Coast’s illusion of innocence forever.

Seven years before Bandidos big gun Jacques Teamo descended on Broadbeach with an army of thugs, sparking sweeping law changes that brought the bikie world to its knees, there was another night of mayhem that shocked Australia.

This year is the 10th anniversary of the wild night dubbed the ‘ballroom blitz’, a ferocious frenzy of violence which left five people in hospital and hundreds of innocent bystanders cowering under tables or fleeing in terror...>

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/biggest-bikie-turf-war-wed-ever-seen/news-story/9454cddda944fe35797a0e0047270841#itm=newscomau%7Chome%7Cnca-homepage-topstories%7C5%7Clink%7Chomepage%7Chomepage&itmt=1463094354515

Paul,

Compulsory attendance at a range is not a test of competency but a legal requirement, mandated by law.
Therefore the makers of that law have an obligation to provide means of compliance with their law.

Simple as that.