——–Begin Forwarded Message————-

Having been through the incremental process of gun control in Australia, I
can offer my opinion that the “smart gun” controversy is just a ploy to get
Americans to start acting “reasonable”. We all know that the “kids” that
Klinton is referring to are mostly gang members knocking each other off. The
only thing positive about propaganda – is that it works. The media will keep
this up until Americans believe that that “gun locks” and “smart guns” MUST
be implemented.

Of course, those provisions will fail. When they do, then Americans will be
convinced that the next step in the disarmament process is a necessity. In
Australia, the AIC (Australian Institute of Criminology) has repeatedly
(since 1988) pushed the idea of centralized armories. That is the final
solution to the disarmament process. It will be the same in America as the
source of the AIC’s proposals and the American gun control movement is the
same. The UN body called UNICRI is the main source. It is an autonomous
body,
that is, it receives its funding from outside the UN.

In the US, it is George Soros who is behind much of the push for gun
control.
It is being generated out of New York with his “Open Society” tax free
foundations. This is the same “Open Society” that is very active in Kosovo,
especially with opening up the very rich gold and silver mines that the
Serbs
previously controlled, but are now being opened “to provide jobs for the
Kosovars” (yeah, and who takes the profits?)

The main spokesperson for gun control in Australia during the 1990 – 1996
disarmament push was a “butch haircut girl” called Rebecca Peters. Mz Peters
left Australia almost immediately after the ’96 gun laws were implemented.
She is now working in New York with the “Open Society” for gun control in
America. Soros has been bankrolling Peters for years.

As far as you stashing extra firearms, I have a few stories for you from
Australia. The vast, notice I said VAST, majority of firearm owners are half
in – half out. Most have something stashed away that is unregistered. As a
lawyer who deals in firearm matters, people tell me things all the time. I
try and tell these jerks I don’t want to know, but they say “your cool”. I
then ask them how many other “cool” people they have told, and how many of
those people have told other “cool” people. Perhaps some of the stories are
just that, but there is a lot going on outside the system.

I was sitting around on a country circuit one time with 22 other lawyers. We
were discussing the gun laws. Over the course of the week, 5 approached me
individually and mentioned that they owned firearms without a license. I
have
discussed the firearm laws with other groups of lawyers and it appears to me
that 20 to 25% of the lawyers have firearms WITHOUT A LICENSE! I am not
talking about the fellows that have a firearms license and have a couple of
unregistered guns stashed away, I’m talking about lawyers who are totally
outside the system. If that is the situation with that socio-economic group,
imagine what it must be like in the country areas.

I am always representing someone who gets busted for an unregistered
firearm.
Some are more clever than others. Obviously, if a person gets caught with an
unregistered gun, he is going to loose it – plus face a lot of grief in
court. One fellow I talked to mentioned that he had seven .303 rifles
stashed
away on different properties he hunts on. If he ever thinks he might get
busted, he says he would just drop the rifle in a creek or whatever and keep
walking. If the rifle is ever found, it’s not registered to him. He would
then have to rely upon his remaining SIX illegal rifles to get him through
the rest of his life. He has been doing this for the last four years and
still hasn’t had to drop the first rifle.

I have been out in the bush with a fellow that has not had a license since
the first licensing law was passed in 1973! He said he knew where this was
going and wasn’t going to be stupid enough to get in the system. He is still
hunting 27 years later without a license.

I represented a fellow in Penrith court who got convicted of “not
safekeeping”. This is the easiest way for the police to disarm a person. For
virtually any reason the police may end up inspecting the firearms, since
the
rules regarding “safekeeping” are so draconian, it almost invariably results
in a confiscation (a prelude to armories). This fellow is outside court
saying “I feel so stupid, what a jerk, dumb, dumb, dumb – all my mates
refused to get a license, but I wanted to keep my firearms and not be a
criminal. The only reason the cops knew I had them was because I had a
license and registered my guns. Now look at me, I’ve lost all my guns and I
have a criminal conviction – the very thing I wanted to avoid by joining the
system, dumb, dumb, dumb, what am I going to tell my mates, **** I’m
stupid.”

There was a fellow out at Dubbo that had spent his entire life buying and
trading firearms. He had a lovely collection of very old and rare muzzle
loaders and the like. The collection was worth around $80,000 – $120,000 it
was to be his legacy to his daughter. One of his own relatives told the
police that the old guy didn’t have them properly stored by the regulations.
They were all locked away in a secure garage with bars on the windows, etc.
But technically didn’t comply. He lost the lot. Section 80(2) of the Act
states that even if the Magistrate doesn’t record a conviction, the fact
that
there has been a “black letter of the law” breach means that all the
firearms
seized in connection with the offense are AUTOMATICALLY FORFEITED TO THE
CROWN. So even though you are not convicted, you still loose all your
firearms.

Two cases stand out, the police arrive and ask the lady of the house if they
can inspect the safekeeping provisions. The husband (the license holder) is
away at work. The police say they are on a tight schedule. The wife shows
them the safe. The police say “could you open the safe please?” The wife
then
goes and gets the extra key for the safe and opens the safe for the police.
The legislation says that you have to prevent unauthorized people from
getting access to the firearms. The wife is unauthorized (unlicensed). The
police confiscate the firearms for not safekeeping. The magistrate refuses
to
convict in both cases, but all firearms are automatically forfeited to the
Crown.

Well Charles, you get the picture. More and more people in Australia are
coming around to the idea that this “gun control” issue is more than about
crime. I have been asked by many people where they can get illegal firearms.
These are people who have never had a firearm in their lives! The black
market is alive and well. Around Sydney there are many illegal firearms for
sale. The black market for illegal handguns skyrocketed after the
legislation
came in. The street price of an illegal handgun went up 300% in the first
year after the legislation. Apparently some people saw an economic
opportunity and started providing to that market. Street pistols are now
very
cheap, cheaper than in the gun stores.

The whole mess is just unbelieveable. The firearm registry is joke. Of
course, being a lawyer if find that this “ill wind” is blowing my way, so I
have mixed emotions about the whole thing. The harder they make the laws,
the
better it is for me.

Regards
Terry