Hey, good idea, live by the coast, own a speargun...What about owning and using a speargun for home defense? It's not a firearm.
Hey, good idea, live by the coast, own a speargun...What about owning and using a speargun for home defense? It's not a firearm.
No... when they run you just pull on the rope... Here Doggie ! LOLIf the spear gun looks tactical does it shoot faster and kill more?
We believe you DO have that right, and your government is infringing on it.We've never had a right to bear arms in Australia so there are no rights to get back as such.
As long as they are longer that 45cm (18") unloaded, then they are not prohibited. Use still has to be justifiable at law.What about owning and using a speargun for home defense? It's not a firearm.
No such right exists in either the Australian Constitution or Law. , In fact, with respect to your 2A, our Constitution would specifically prohibit any law made by any state in similar terms, because the states are not allowed to raise forces. Something along the line of your state National Guards would be prohibited.We believe you DO have that right, and your government is infringing on it.
Are you applying American laws for Australia ? A Speargun is not a firearm so it doesn't apply. Would the same requirement's apply for a crossbow?As long as they are longer that 45cm (18") unloaded, then they are not prohibited. Use still has to be justifiable at law.
Funny how they make up percentages, 25% less likely, haha, like the less likely claims on the Clot Shot...what a stupid article, let me take you to East L.A., they have the most gang activity next to Chicago in the U.S.What to Know About California's Head-Turning Gun Control Law
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and therein lies the philosophical difference between Australia and the US.No such right exists in either the Australian Constitution or Law. , In fact, with respect to your 2A, our Constitution would specifically prohibit any law made by any state in similar terms, because the states are not allowed to raise forces. Something along the line of your state National Guards would be prohibited.
Where did you get that idea?Are you applying American laws for Australia ?
Spearguns under 45cm are considered prohibited weapons here for which you need a permitA Speargun is not a firearm so it doesn't apply.
A crossbow needs a prohibited weapons permit.Would the same requirement's apply for a crossbow?
I prefer our system where laws are decided by a representative Parliament that we voted for, and who we can vote out. I know you believe you are born with rights, but I agree with many legal scholars who point out that your "rights" are dependent on a total of nine people, and often only five of them, who you didn't vote for, and can't vote out, in the form of the United States Supreme Court. It always pays to remember that the possession of firearms for purposes not related to a Militia was not a constitutional "right" in the US until DC vs Heller in 2008, and that decision was by a bare majority only, whereas Abortion was a "right" from 1973 until 2002 when the Supreme Court took that "right" away. I don't want to get into the merits of either decision, they are just a couple of well know ones to illustrate a point.and therein lies the philosophical difference between Australia and the US.
We do not accept the idea that GOVERNMENT Grants Rights TO People as the government sees fit.
We believe we are BORN with rights, and that it is the duty and responsibility of Government to preserve and protect those rights, not to infringe upon them.
Is that really a "radical" late-18th century notion that has outlived it's usefullness? Only if you are someone who is willing to do nothing but Submit to the authority that YOU grant government and bureaucracy. Not here.
You frame it as subservience but here in Australia we the voter grant power to the legislature to act on our behalf, and we the voter hold the power to elect a different government who will legislate differently if we don't like it. What option do you have if the US SC gets stacked with justices who lean left, and all of a sudden those "rights" you believe you are born with are not so guaranteed anymore?Is that really a "radical" late-18th century notion that has outlived it's usefullness? Only if you are someone who is willing to do nothing but Submit to the authority that YOU grant government and bureaucracy. Not here.
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."Hmmmm I think I like ours
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