Gun News Australia: the latest news for Aussie shooters

WE SPEAK with Carly and Glenn from Gun Traders Australia , about the upcoming Maryborough (Qld) Arms & Collectables Fair on April 26 and 27. We talk about how gun related businesses everywhere can find and get involved in gun shows in their area – from booking a table to packing up after a long but enjoyable weekend. WE also cover how shooters can find gun shows – and key tips to grabbing barg...

A NEW LEGAL ACTION has just been launched in the WA State Administrative Tribunal against WA’s 5-gun limit. The suit, which is based on the dubious actions of WA Police in the lead up to the new laws which came into effect on March 31, will argue that their actions were improper and that the State owes the applicant, Jon Laird, compensation. This is the first legal action launched against the new...

PRO-GUN LEGAL ACTIONS in WA are nothing new.  So why has the large fundraiser to stop the state’s gun laws failed to deliver? After weeks of stratospheric headlines and bullish promises - such as the release of legal advice and commencement of legal proceedings - we look at why none of this has occurred.    They were specific promises with specific timeframes which appear not to have been met. SO,...

WE LOOK AT this year’s Victorian duck season which is now underway – including the move to the reason for a Wednesday opening. You can see our interview with Danny Ryan from the Victorian Duck Hunting Season at: https://youtu.be/1EAyxV2rXmo THE WA ELECTION results are firming up, and we look at what it means – including the welcome election of a vocal pro-gun politician from the Liberal Party.   P...

A PROMISE to fund legal action for shooters in Western Australia on the eve of having their guns taken off them, has raised concerns that shooters may not properly understand what is being offered. A GoFundMe campaign, which has raised over $120,000, has been promoted as supporting “legal action”.  Legal action means lawsuits – as in suing the state government over the new gun laws. However, the f...

STARTING MARCH 19, Victorian duck hunters can once again head out into the wetlands in what is bound to be a great season, thanks to the Victorian Duck Hunting Association. We cover everything you need to know about the season, including the politics around the announcement.  IMPORTANTLY the VDHA’s Danny Ryan, covers how the new duck hunting laws will affect what you need to do when you renew your...

** REMINDER – WA STATE ELECTION IS ON THIS SATURDAY, 8 MARCH ** JEFF POW’s father, Graham Pow, was a cofounder of the SSAA WA and its founding president. He was one of a band of shooters who set the organisation up in the early 1970s when WA Police moved to impose impractical regulations - without consultation. In a sense of déjà vu, Jeff turned up to the recent gun rally to provide support agains...

WE REVIEW THE RECENT GUN RALLY held in Perth, for those shooters who couldn’t make it. David Brown from the Shooters Union Australia, talks about his role and observations on the  biggest pro-gun rally to be held in WA for years. We talk about the rally being around twice as big as originally planned and the response from SSAA WA and WAFCA who launched into childish scare campaigns after giving up...

LOUISE KINGSTON takes no prisoners when it comes to working hard to helping shooters out west. The firebrand upper house MP speaks on why she addressed the recent WA Gun Rally, despite attempts by others to silence her.  She explains that there was nothing to gain by having shooters ‘cowering in the corner’, and why it was important that shooters made a stand in the lead up to the WA state electio...

TOM BROUGH is a Liberal Party candidate standing for the seat of Albany in WA’s March State Election. He’s not only a shooter, but passionate about standing up for shooters when needed.  We talk about what he’s hearing from shooters, including those from local clubs in his area. Albany is a marginal seat: if you live in that area, then this is a ‘must watch’ for you. It’s also a must watch for oth...

PASSIONATE ITALIAN-BORN SHOOTER, Giuseppe Mottalini, explains how WA’s new gun laws will affect him. He explains his shooting background in Italy, and how he’s stepped into Labor’s cultural war that threatens to destroy shooting in his home state. Giuseppe explains why he’s going to the WA Gun Rally on 8 February – to protest against a government that wants to destroy his way of life.  He also tal...

SHOOTERS ACROSS WA are about to take a stand against a reckless Labor Government and vindictive police minister. The rally is being organised by Shooters Union Australia and Politics Reloaded after being asked to do so by members of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia WA who felt their organisation had given up the fight. YOU KNOW the story: the new Firearms Act is a disgrace. Its legis...

WA MP, STEVE THOMAS gives us a hard-hitting look at the reality about WA’s new gun laws – and how WA farmers were misled by a deliberately deceptive narrative. Steve explains why he voted against the new laws while his party’s leadership supported them.  He explains the huge cost that every WA shooter will now face – including farmers who trusted Labor, but can now expect to fork out as much as $8...

WA SHOOTERS are in for expensive new safe requirements. The new laws will require safes that will cost a minimum of $3k and be so heavy – well over 300kg at a minimum – they’ll need a few mates or cranes to move them.   Forget to change the safe, and WA shooters will be up for a $5k fine for the first offence, and jail for a second offence. WE LOOK at the new requirements which are completely impr...

WE LOOK at the world of selling and buying firearms online – and even how non-tech savvy dealers can now set up their own online storefront. We talk about social media bans on dealers – and how one creative dealer is reaching shooters in their own way. We also look at gun shows – and the amazing Owen Gun Museum in Gympie. AMONG THE KEY EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR is the Brisbane Firearms E...

KEVIN STARRETT from the Oregon Firearms Federation takes us through the history of how the Gun Owners of America formed his group to put an end to shooters being sold out by their own. He explains how local shooters had been cutting deals with politicians too afraid to do anything useful for fear of losing their “cool office and a parking space”. This has caused the western state to go from gun-fr...

THE CORPORATE WATCHDOG, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has proposed to deregister rogue shooting group, the National Shooting Council.  The move would end the organisation’s existence, and follows over a year of infighting and wild allegations against shooting organisations and individuals. While ASIC has not yet decided if it is going to proceed with the proposal, the move...

GRASS ROOTS NORTH CAROLINA is a US firearm rights group that has built a solid reputation for being able to raise, change and beat bad legislation.  IN THIS EXCLUSIVE, we speak with the GRNC’s President, Paul Valone, about how it manages to mobilise tens and hundreds of thousands of shooters to do what it takes to make sure politicians don’t ignore them.  Their approach (as it relates to us) has n...

WE CHAT with the SFFP and SUA’s Phil Bigg, about the political problems continuing to face Tasmanian shooters. We discuss the fight over antiques, firearms trafficking, and the vagueness of Tasmania’s firearm laws.  These are matters that Phil has fought hard to bring to the attention of Labor, the Liberals and the Jackie Lambie Network. We run through the obscene changes Tasmania Police are propo...

A PUBLIC FIGHT between the Liberal and National parties in WA has created an opportunity for shooters to regain some of the ground they lost in recent times against the state’s draconian gun laws. After making it clear that the National Party will not form a coalition government with the Liberals unless it committed to repealing the new laws, Liberal leader, Libby Mettam, held a media conference t...

WE COVER what the outcome of the Queensland State Election means for shooters – and why the Greens lost ground. PLUS we give a run down of the 2024 SSAA Shot Expo in Melbourne, which was the first one in five years – with a similar show being lined up in Brisbane next May by the Shooters Union Australia. WE also look at changes Tasmania Police are looking at making to the firearm licence applicati...

WITH QUEENSLAND VOTERS going to the polls this weekend, we look at why shooters up north need to back pro-gun parties such as Katters Australian Party and One Nation ahead of the majors. Even if you don’t have that choice, you can still put the LNP ahead of Labor and the Greens – which is the best way of sending a message to the Labor government that they need to put more effort into looking after...

WE SPEAK with Danny Ryan, Political and PR rep of the VDHA, about duck hunting in Victoria, particularly what duck hunters can or cannot look forward to in 2025. Will there be a season? What about using lead ammo? What does it mean for the future of duck hunting? We discuss the recent parliamentary committee’s proposal to ban duck hunting. Fortunately, the ban didn’t eventuate, but how long will t...

IN THIS EPISODE OF GUN NEWS AUSTRALIA, we speak with One Nation candidate for Cook, Peter Campion, about his journey in politics, the problems with left wing agendas infiltrating both sides of politics, and why shooters need to break old habits when it comes to voting. He’s Barnaby Joyce’s father-in-law, a pistol shooter, secretary of his club – and believes we need something similar to the Second...

IN THIS EPISODE OF GUN NEWS AUSTRALIA, we speak with the Liberal candidate for the Western Australian seat of Albany in the lead up to the WA state election next March, Tom Brough.  Tom is a passionate member of the SSAA who shares the same view as Liberal Party MP, Dr Steve Thomas, that their party needs to change its tune on firearms, if it is to change its fortunes at the upcoming state electio...