The Greens have introduced a bill to reclassify lever action shotguns into Category C which has pump action and semi auto shotguns.
I can't see why anyone with a Cat C licence would buy a lever action shotgun when they can have a semi auto or pump action shotgun, the semi auto shotguns are far more popular with Cat C because they have less recoil than all other shotguns.
The bill from David Shoebridge-
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/8F7AF10BF0ABC11BCA257EAC0...There are thousands of lever action shotguns in Australia which have been Category A since 1996, is the government going to buyback these lever action shotguns that people will no longer be able to own?
Quote:There have been no recorded crimes with lever action shotguns in Australia, what justification apart from hoplophobia do the greens have to justify taking thousands of lever action shotguns from people who legally own them?
Mr Shoebridge claims it is a community safety bill, the only people allowed to buy them have been judged as a fit and proper person by the commissioner of police who are no danger to public safety, this is a fact from the firearms act 1996.