“The Government cant buy back my guns. They failed the background check.”

The police are not there to protect you. Not many people understand this unless they have ever had to call them in an emergency. In Australia we do not have the right to protect ourselves in any way shape or form.

I have had my firearms license longer than my drivers license and have been a shooter since I was 14. I have also carried a firearm for work, putting through 200 rounds a week to maintain my skill level for the type of employment I had.

I have seen police shoot at my old clubs and do not trust having them in the same competition squad. Not only from a skill level but also a safety issue.

Should Aussies be armed ? I think they should have the right to be armed ! However after being a member of 5 gun clubs, I wouldn’t trust half of those people to carry a firearm on the street. Club training isn’t enough especially for the members that only turn up 6 times a year to keep their license. However its still better that what the police receive. To carry a firearm in this country they would have to develop better training. The other problem would be mindset. Most people just aren’t capable of pulling the trigger on another person and the firearm could be taken from them.

If I had the choice Id carry a firearm 24/7 but at the same time when Ive found myself in those situations where Ive been threatened a baseball bat usually was a sufficient deterrent. Just make sure there’s a ball and glove stored with the bat. It comes down to intent in this country.

The last house I lived in there were multiple arson attacks on houses in the area all drug related. Several stabbings, including one over $10 owed and the person stabbed was mistaken for the person owing the money. I had a pool of blood by my front gate the size of a kitchen table one morning. I had over 10 neighbors involved in domestic violence. The police received 200 calls for assistance their response. “Ill put it in a report”. If you put in a complaint about police conduct you are then targeted and harassed for two years. I now feel a level of disgust for pigs that out ways that of pedos and crackheads and firmly believe that most police should not be armed with a firearm. After the 2019 COVID riots and the VIC police using rubber bullets from automatic rifles meant for military use. The same rules apply for them. The government say the public should have access to firearms used by the military then neither should the police.