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Owen Guns Newsletter.
A lot has happened in the last month around the world. On April 9,
the royal family announced that Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth, had
died. The Duke of Edinburgh was 99, the nation’s longest-serving consort, and
married to Queen Elizabeth for 73 years. India’s main opposition party has
called for a full national lockdown, shortly after the country passed more than
20 million Covid-19 infections. From numbers published by the Indian government
in 2019-20, there is one doctor per 1,456 people in the country. Then a bit
closer to home the chances of a war in the Indo-Pacific region involving China
are rising sharply, according to former defense minister Christopher Pyne, who
warned Taiwan was most likely the next flashpoint.
We are just rolling with the punches at Owen Guns, with powder being a constant
battle but we have a great stash of primers and we are still working on new
lines of projectiles that we make on site. People are still bringing their
firearms in for storage because Weapons licensing are sifting through people’s
applications trying to find something to reject them on. Every week at least
someone is coming in asking for help on how to get their guns back. Recently a
man rang Owen Guns asking about storage because he had recently lost his
license for shooting a target on his 200 acre property. His new neighbor’s had
dobbed him in and even told the police he was shooting at them.
I also hear a lot of people being told by Weapons Licensing that they
have to wait 28 days for their PTA’s when they already have several guns. One
customer told me that they stated his guns hadn’t been finalized onto his list
so therefore he had to continue to wait 28 days for each permit after. If they
say this to you know that they are making these excuses up because they are
three years behind in their paperwork. If they say this to you go straight to
your local member of parliament and make a complaint. Even if you are a patient
person and it doesn’t personally bother you, spare a thought for the people
that they do this to who are desperately waiting for their PTA’s, who have dogs
pulling calves out of cows mid birth. Don’t let this become “normal” or allow
them to continue to abuse their power.
None of us at Owen Guns are SSAA members, but one of their members
did email us this week and alert us to a segment of their newsletter where they
basically threaten their members with losing their licenses if they don’t keep
their membership up to date with SSAA……
“We’re also looking at the tricky topic of the three-month allowance
for those who let their SSAA membership lapse. Police are now developing and
implementing online real-time management of our memberships and licensing, so
if you rely on SSAA as the genuine reason for your firearms license, if your
membership lapses police will know and in some states will act to remove your
firearms. Your membership is important – do not let it lapse.”
They are reporting to the police and helping them obtain information
about you, they are not looking out for shooters, they are one with the police.
There are other clubs; you do not need to rely on these traitors. I’m
personally with the local Small Bore Club, the Indoor Air Rifle Association and
Shooters Union. None of them care if I only renew when it’s time to renew my
license. None of them report to the police if my membership lapses
In previous newsletters I have touched on the divide in the USA since
President Biden was appointed in office. Also that he is trying to bring in gun
laws to apparently fix the embarrassment that is the United States when it
comes to gun crime. I recently came across this speech from April 3rd, 2018,
where resident Mark Robinson gave an impassioned speech at the Greensboro, NC,
city council meeting in support of the Second Amendment. This speech is the
best four minutes you’ll ever watch about how important gun rights are to the
majority of American citizens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIwf3d7hP9g
Where is the support for the majority? Where is the support for law abiding
gun owners? He say’s every time there is a mass shooting the government puts
the blame at the feet of the law abiding gun owner. They want to restrict the
rights of someone who has never stepped a foot out of line instead of putting
the blame where it belongs. Criminals will continue to be criminals no matter
what the law says and the only people who will suffer is the law abider. His
concern is for his safety he has guns for protection, he is fearful that the
police are already too busy and he can’t rely on them for his family’s
protection. Whenever the States have a gun debate we always catch the lefty
waves of it over here for example ‘The project’ did a segment on Port Arthur
recently because it was the 25th anniversary since the tragedy.
They exonerated John Howard and Rebecca Peters for fighting for gun
laws; they clung to their statistics of a massive decrease in gun ownership as
a success and stated that gun violence had dropped. Statistics do indicate a
drop in firearm suicide and homicide since 96 but overall suicide and homicide
continue to rise with what I’m assuming is a population rise. It’s just that
now there are other culprits people don’t have guns but they have knives, rope,
gas, cars so the murder and suicide rates remain overall unaffected.
The Effects of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement in Australia on
Suicide, Homicide, and Mass Shootings printed these two graphs…..
None of the studies reviewed in McPhedran (2016) found statistically
significant evidence that trends in firearm-related homicide changed after the
National Firearm Agreement.
It’s impossible to know how many firearm owners there were before the
NFA because we had no register back then. Information from the ACIC suggests
that firearm ownership has indeed risen since the buyback.
In June 2012, the ACC report on illicit firearms noted that there are
more than 2.75 million registered firearms in Australia held by more than
730,000 individual license holders
Statistics from Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission…
During 2016-17
There was a total of 6.03 million firearm records
There was a total of 2.02 million licence records
Imagine what it is now in 2021.
So what has the National Firearm Agreement Achieved? Helped police get
there quota up? Brainwashed people to have an irrational fear towards inanimate
objects?
Unless there is a good war the government is unlikely to change its
stance on gun laws because with a community disarmed all the power is with the
police and criminals, which are sometimes one in the same. What chance do we
have?
Speaking of war Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed Defence
Minister Peter Dutton in warning Australians that we need to be prepared for
military conflict with China. Defence Connect wrote this on the 6th of
May…
“The Chinese government announced that it has “indefinitely”
suspended discussions with the Australian government under the China-Australia
Strategic Economic Dialogue, a move announced by China’s National Reform and
Development Commission. Some Australian Commonwealth government officials
launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and co-operation
between China and Australia out of cold war mindset and ideological
discrimination, the National Development and Reform Commission outlined.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission is one of the nation’s
leading economic and planning government bodies. The announcement is the latest
in a series of diplomatic exchanges between the two counties.”
The Sunday Morning Herald also published an article on the 4th of May with more
detail on the conversations being had in parliament. One of the nation’s top
military commanders told his troops that Beijing is already engaged in “grey
zone” warfare against Australia and they must plan for the high likelihood this
may spill over into actual conflict in the future.
The candid and confidential briefing by Major-General Adam Findlay to
Australia’s special forces soldiers last year gives the most detailed insight
yet made public into how the nation’s top military planners view the threat of
China.
The then-special forces commander, who has since stepped down but who still
advises the Australian Defence Force, highlighted the steps Australia’s
military was taking to prevent war but also described a “high likelihood” that
actual conflict could break out due to the unpredictable nature of foreign
affairs.
“Who do you reckon the main [regional] threat is?” General Findlay asked his
troops and officers before answering: “China”.
“OK, so if China is a threat, how many special forces brigades in China? You
should know there are 26,000 Chinese SOF [Special Operations Forces]
personnel.”
I must ad that they have Special forces for Army in every province with
different training and leadership. Also Navy, Air Force and Police are all
separate and have special operations maybe just mention that there full time
Peoples Liberation Army is 2 Million and that does not include millions of
militia, the Navy, Air force and Police.
Details of the April 2020 briefing have been obtained by The Age and The Sydney
Morning Herald from multiple sources who have requested to remain anonymous
because they are not authorised to speak publicly. They say General Findlay
told his troops that, if the threat of conflict was realised, the ADF needed to
rely not only on traditional air, land and sea capabilities but also on
Australia’s ability to use cyber and space warfare.
He also highlighted the need for the ADF to reassert its presence and play
“first grade” in south-east Asia and the south-west Pacific, describing how the
military had uncovered information showing China was seeking to exploit “our
[Australia’s] absence” in the region.
“We need to make sure we don’t lose momentum … get back in the region,” General
Findlay said, highlighting Australia’s close ties to Indonesia.
In the past week the Australian government’s language on China has hardened.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has said a war over Taiwan could not be
discounted, that Australia was “already under attack” in the cyber domain and
that he wants to have a “more frank discussion with the public” about China’s
intentions. Mr Dutton said the Australian government’s first priority was
“continued peace in our region”, but warned the country needed to be able to
defend its waters to the north and west as a priority.
Influential public servant Michael Pezzullo, the Department of Home Affairs
secretary, warned the “drums of war” were beating.
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Monday, May 17, 2021
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
So How Long Have We Got Until TEOTWAWKI?
So How Long Have
We Got Until TEOTWAWKI?
The trouble is that city life continues at it’s hectic pace, some
foods may become scarce, but that is because of the floods they say. The
floods? Well that is just bad weather, & so life goes on with the
occasional blackout, they keep burning fossil fuels & climate change
accelerates, but the city is cut off from nature except for the occasional
exhaust fumed polluted city park. Nothing changes much, & nothing will,
except if something drastic happens, something catastrophic, but by then of
course it is way too late to do anything about it.
So we have maybe 100 years before our extinction, or is that now 30
years? Oh someone in the know predicts it could only be 10 years!!!!!!! And yet
even with these dire warnings, the world continues burning fossil fuels,
talking about “offsets” that don’t actually exist, talk of “emission reductions”,
but no talk of stopping the burning of fossil fuels completely &
immediately, which is what it would take to save the human race, save our
children from a climate change death! This is how civilizations have fallen in
the past, the signs are all there, the warning are frequent, but not enough
people are paying attention. The city people do not want change, they don’t
want society to change, they want someone to stop climate change without affecting
their city lifestyles. They want to keep their petrol & diesel vehicles
& their environmentally damaging city lifestyles. They simply can’t grasp
the fact that climate change can not be stopped now, it is too late. We may be
able to slow climate change, me may even be able to avoid societal collapse
& our early extinction, BUT not if the world continues to burn fossil
fuels, not if we continue to destroy our native forests & wildlife
habitats. IT SIMPLY CAN’T BE DONE!!!
So for those of you who understand what is happening, & what is
going to happen, start at least thinking about your survival & the survival
of our children. Because we are running out of time fast.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
'Very grim world': Dr David Suzuki's prediction for the future
You all need to listen to this, because I have been saying this for years, & now Dr David Suzuki explains how & why the world as we know it now is going to collapse, this will be TEOTWAWKI.
Ignore this at your own peril & at the cost of our children's lives to climate change.
https://au.tv.yahoo.com/very-grim-world-dr-david-052519509.html
MAY 21 #ClimateStrike
Climate Strike.
Large parts of NSW and SE QLD are experiencing a flooding emergency.
SS4C is thinking of and standing with all the people who are impacted-
particularly those who have lost homes and livelihoods, been evacuated or
stranded and who are anxiously watching the rising waters.
Climate change is intensifying the risk of flooding and heavy
rainfall and SS4C is calling on the Government to take our future seriously and
treat climate change as what it is: a crisis.
The Morrison
Government could be protecting our climate, land and water, and creating
thousands of new jobs by growing Australia’s renewable energy sector and
backing First Nations solutions to protect Country.
Instead, they are lining the pockets of multinational gas
companies, which are fuelling the climate crisis, devastating our land and
water, wrecking our health and creating very few jobs.
On May 21, we’re striking to tell the Morrison Government that
if they care about our future, they must stop throwing money at gas.
All Strike
events are COVID-safe and ask that attendees follow local restrictions, bring
face masks and hand sanitiser, practice physical distancing of 1.5 metres, and
stay home if they have cold or flu-like symptoms.
https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/may21