THE WA PARLIAMENTARY committee conducting the review in that state’s Firearms Act has chosen to justify the legislation on ‘the vibe’ where it says everything is needed for ‘public safety’ - without explaining why that is the case or why it’s even relevant.

In its 264-page report, at no time did the committee provide any data or facts to back its claims.

It also did not use, at any time the word “criminals” or similar phrasing.

That means the report, which was prepared by a Labor / Greens majority committee, had just the one objective: to change nothing for licensed firearm owners regardless of what the truth may be.

It was a whitewash. One that criminals will be happy with.

The report failed to not only address the matters of concern to shooters – and the broader community – but didn’t even acknowledge that WA was out of step with other jurisdictions and the National Firearms Agreement.

It was either a stunning display of ignorance of how the shooting sports and activities work, or a deliberate political move to try and dampen opposition to the chaos that WA now has. The committee took a leaf out of The Castle by relying on what it must have thought was “The Vibe”.

In this episode, we take you through the main points of the report, and what shooters can do about it, with the next state election the next best opportunity they have to shove this bus into reverse gear.

You can download the report at https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/commit.nsf/(Report+Lookup+by+Com+ID)/303148B399D1364548258D24002095FC/$file/Firearms%20Act%202024%20Report%20-%20Web%20Ready.pdf

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IN THIS EPISODE, we look at the failure of the WA Government to pay attention to international ‘best practice’ when it comes to the target shooting sports.

The International Shooting Sports Federation, or ISSF, is made up of 149 countries and looks after the training, competition, safety and other aspects of shooting right through to the Olympics and World Cups.

It is represented here by Shooting Australia– which didn’t even get an invitation to explain how the shooting sports work at the recent WA hearings on the new Firearms Act.

It was the elephant in the room that the committee did not see - andII would be like failing to invite the Australian Medical Association to hearings about proper medical practices, or the International Pilots Association to hearings about aviation safety.

Even the chair of the committee seemed oblivious to how the sports are organised - until she heard from Murray Bow from the Western Australian Shooting Association.

WE SPEAK with Murray about the bungling of the laws and how they affect shooters needing to enter WA and training shooters within clubs.

Plus we look at the key issue of licensing junior shooters, in the face of calls by anti-gun groups to have the minimum age raised to 18.

We delve into why this was an unrealistic call from narcissistically obsessed (and self-appointed) ‘community safety’ representatives whose only exposure to firearms is what they see on TV, rather than looking at what happens in the other 148 ISSF countries.

Or how Aussie heroes like Russell Mark and Dan Repacholi got to the international stage from their start as juniors.

Or why a WA Police and Community Youth Club had to end its air rifle program!

We know there are many shooters who are not interested in ISSF, however the advice put forward by Murray would work to benefit every shooter, club and discipline – not just those heading to the Olympics.

This is an opportunity for the committee to steer the government towards correcting the situation and a more workable framework. We can’t see them making wholesale changes to the framework – but a good step forward would be to mandate a better consultation framework that was led by ISSF interests, rather than local squeaky wheels such as SSAA.

Disallowing the regulations would at least partially hit that important “reset” button.

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THE RECENT RAIDS in Western Australia on ‘sovereign citizens’ has way more to it than meets the eye.

The seizures of over 100 firearms are based on the persons ‘views, opinions and attitudes’ rather than anything they did.

They were accused by police that doing these things demonstrated “a disregard for the law” and ‘Sovereign Citizen ideologies’.

Yet at least two people we spoke with said they don’t regard themselves as ‘sovereign citizens’ and that they don’t even know what ‘sovereign ideologies’ are.

One had simply written to government agencies, while the other had attended a lawfully held rally.

Things that we thought were democratic rights.

IN THIS EPISODE, we look at why this is stuff straight out of North Korea – and something WA Police said will be rolled out in other states.

A CLASS ACTION is being considered by one of the individuals who was targetted, and she is inviting people to contact her through us.

If you’ve been affected and want to find out join the action, send us your seizure letter and contact info to editor@politicsreloaded.com before 20 October. If you know someone affected by this, make sure you send a link to this video to them.

We also point to the National Gun Conference where top politicians agreed there was a need to get police out of policy.

For more information, watch our summary at – 2024 National Gun Conference by clicking here. (23 min)

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