Baronvonrort wrote on Feb 23
rd, 2014 at 10:57pm:
Quote:Millions of feral pigs will be culled in the far north in an effort to protect endangered turtle species from the invasive pest.
The pigs will be shot poisoned and trapped under an ambitious plan announced yesteday by Queensland national parks minister.
A total of $7 million was pledged in what ministers said could be a 4 year war on Pigs that feast on turtle eggs along the coast.
There are an estimated 23.5 million feral pigs in Australia,with up to 90 per cent of turtle nests lost to predation in some areas along the Queensland coast.
www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/war-on-feral-pigs-as-millions-set-to-be-culled... I dont agree with trapping and poisoning, those methods do not discriminate in which species they kill and the animals die a slow horrible death.
A government contract aerial shooter with a category D license has to double tap a pig with a minimum of a 308 winchester caliber semi auto,a category D license is difficult to acquire as you need evidence of contracts to shoot along with payment details from accountants and letters from solicitor before getting a category D license.
Amateur hunters are restricted to bolt action single shot rifles,if they miss with a head shot and blow the lower jaw off the animal can run away while they cycle the bolt action and then take aim for a second shot,the animal will probably starve to death because the government prevents amateur hunters from having a semi auto where they could get a rapid second shot or even third in without taking their sight from the animal.
Our gun laws changed in 1996 punishing all responsible firearm owners with a form of collective punishment because of a madman with documented mental health issues. Being a cynic, i suspect that the atrocity committed by Martin Bryant was a 'happy circumstance' for some in our community, social 'progressives' who were waiting for a good excuse to make firearm ownership much more difficult, and enact legislation to effectively disarm many/most Australian citizens.
After 1996, i lost two 12g's and a 22.
Yadda wrote on Sep 10
th, 2011 at 2:46pm:
p.s.
Personally, i believe that everyone over the age of say, 25 years old, who has
never had a drink driving, or [illicit] drug use conviction, or, a criminal conviction [in the last 20 years], should be permitted to own, and keep a firearm
in their own home, for the protection of themselves, and their property.
Which is just reflecting good Australian values.
Google;
Every Man Should Have A Rifle, Henry Lawson
Australia could easily deter any potential invader, AND, solve 99% of all violent crime within our borders, imo.
How?
Identify those citizens who,
1/ are over 25 years of age,
AND,
2/ have no convictions for violent crime [in the last 15-20 years],
AND,
3/ have no drink driving, or drug use convictions [in the last 15-20 years].
Allow these people, IF THEY WISH TO, to own firearms for the defence of their life and property.
And allow ANY property holder to kill, *anyone* [with a clear violent intent] who entered their property uninvited.
AND, allow a mandatory death sentence for those who are convicted of committing a violent crime, using a firearm.
Australia would become a safe [low violent crime] *armed society*, imo.
And any potential invader would consider an armed citizenry, as a serious deterrent to invasion.
???
For such a circumstance [political environment] though to be realised, pollies would have to trust their citizens, i.e. be prepared to give real and tangible political power to their citizens.
But that is not going to happen.
We, none of us, live in a real democracy.
'Democracy' 'happens' effectively, every election day, for just that one day - where we elect cheats and liars to govern over us for another electoral period!
[How can politicians be made to be more accountable for their management of the nation, i.e. on a much shorter time-scale than the period between two election dates ?]
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