I am posting this video to show the anti gun lobby just how ignorant
they are & how pointless gun control is when targeting law abiding licenced
gun owners. This video shows how to make a 12 gauge shotgun with only simple
workshop tools & no special skills required. This gun is called
a “Pipe Shotgun" & it is simply made from two pieces of pipe, a nut &
bolt & a screw on end cap.
Now ask yourself this, how will gun control stop ANYONE from making a
gun like this? How does stopping me from using a primitive antique
muzzle-loading gun stop any criminal from making this gun? What is to stop any
crazed person from making this gun & walking into a school & shooting
lots of people? Remember, this is a shotgun. Loaded with buckshot it will kill
multiple people with just one shot, & this gun is quickly & easily
reloaded!
The Petition of Keith H. Burgess.
President of the New England Colonial Living History Group.
Brings to the attention of the House the matter of
firearms licensing in relation to muzzle-loading pistols (percussion locks
excluded).
At this present time, working replica (replicas of
original 17th and 18th century antique muzzle-loading pistols) muzzle-loading
pistols of the lock types matchlock, wheellock, tinderlock, doglock, snaphance and flintlock can only be owned by a person
possessing a category H gun licence, and these pistols can only be legally
fired on a registered gun range. Antique muzzle-loading pistols of the same
type may be owned, but not used/fired without the owner possessing an H class
licence. This requirement excludes the use of these antiques & antique
replicas for Living History and Historical Re-enactment purposes. It also
excludes the use of these antique replicas for use as a back-up safety for
muzzle-loader hunters hunting on private property who are hunting with single
shot muzzle-loading rifles or smoothbores.
Historical Re-enactment groups and Living History
organisations have re-enactment rules which preclude the use of live ammunition
and preclude the use of a ramrod during any and all re-enactment displays. There
is also a permit requirement; this permit is for historical re-enactment
organisations wishing to conduct an historical re-enactment event involving the
possession and use of firearms by participants. Clause 61 - Firearms
Regulation 2006.
Replicas of muzzle-loading pistols of the lock types
mentioned are single shot (though some flintlocks can have two barrels), slow
to load and require a good deal of knowledge and training to ensure the
workability of this type of gun. Ignition even when used by a competent person
can not be guaranteed. Therefore these muzzle-loading guns are not suitable for
criminal use.
We fully understand the purpose of the H class licence
requirements, but these primitive muzzle-loading pistols are not the same as
modern breech-loaders, revolvers or semi-automatics. If a criminal wishes to
use a concealable gun to commit a crime, they can simply cut down a modern
breech-loading rifle or shotgun.
At present anyone can purchase an antique muzzle-loading
pistol without the need to apply for a permit to purchase, a licence or
registration. However, they cannot be legally fired/used unless the owner posesses
an H class licence. These replica muzzle-loading pistols are no different from
the antiques, their workings, capabilities & disabilities are exactly the
same.
The undersigned petitioners therefore ask the Legislative
Assembly to change the licensing requirement for these replica antique &
antique muzzle-loading pistols (percussion locks excluded) from the present
category H class licence to the category B class licence. Alternately we respectfully
request that these muzzle-loading pistols be placed on a new less restrictive
class of firearms licence , allowing these guns to be used with no more
restrictions than are presently placed on muzzle-loading long arms.
