rhino wrote on Mar 29
th, 2019 at 10:28pm:
Whats your point? Do you think if those people had a licence then they wouldnt have killed anyone? Nitwit.
In NZ they had 15 firearm homicides in 20 years from licensed firearm owners before the recent terrorist attack, what percentage is that from the 250,000 + firearm license holders?
The NSW Police minister said greater than 97% of all gun crime in NSW was done by criminals with unregistered firearms. Since our firearm registry has never solved or prevented a gun crime we can say the only thing it has given us is this statistic.
When tightening of our gun laws are proposed they never target the 97% with illegal firearms they always target those with legal firearms.
Perhaps we should adopt a gun law from the USA like this one or would that be outrageous?
Quote:Illegal Carrying of Weapons
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 269 Section 10 makes it illegal to knowingly possess a loaded or unloaded firearm if:
You are not present in your own residence or place of business
You do not have the required firearm license
You possess an illegal weapon, such as a sawed off shotgun or machine gun
If you are found in possession of an unlicensed weapon, carry your weapon outside of your home or place of business without the license to do so, or possess a dangerous weapon, you will be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 18 months imprisonment. If you are found in possession of a machine gun or sawed off shotgun, you could be sentenced to life imprisonment. A conviction for possession of a firearm while committing a felony will result in a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years imprisonment. If the weapon was a “large capacity” one, the minimum sentence you can receive is 10 years imprisonment. These sentences are in addition to whatever sentence you receive on the underlying felony.Firearms Crimes and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
As you can see from the offenses detailed above, Massachusetts firearms crimes often have mandatory minimum sentences. Mandatory minimum sentences are just that—the absolute minimum sentence that a judge can lawfully mandate a defendant serves.https://www.neymanlaw.com/carrying-firearms-possession-of-a-firearm.html When the Shooters Fishers and Farmers party introduced a bill with mandatory jail time for criminals with firearms Labor Liberal and the Greens opposed it.
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