If you haven't read the Australia 1996 Firearms Agreement you should. I have summarized the most important provisions. I would have posted it as an attachment as it is lengthy but I don't see an icon for it.
Obama has repeatedly stated that conscientious gun owners should not object to common sense gun laws like Australia's. He has threatened executive action. Listed below are some of the provision contained in the Australia 1996 Firearms Agreement in their order in the agreement. Comments in parenthesis are mine and are made for clarification. I didn't list the requirements for the recording of firearm sales and registration.
1996 Firearms Agreement
1. Bans all semi automatic firearms.
2. Bans any competition using a semi automatic firearm
3 All firearms to be registered in a national data base
4. Any person wanting to own, possess or use a firearm must demonstrate a genuine reason.
5. (a) that personal protection not be regarded as a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm.
Classificatios used to define "Genuine Reason"
1. Sporting shooters who are participants in competitions such as Olympic games, Commonwealth Games, or World Championships and have a membership in a club with a charter to compete in those events.
2. Recreational shooters/hunters who produce proof of permission from landowners. (This iis an indication that firearms are banned from government owned lands although not stated.)
3. Bonified collectors of fire arms.
Restrictions placed on collectors.- 1. If manufactured after 1946 must be rendered inoperable 2. may not possess ammunition for the collection firearm. 3. No banned firearm may be collected.
Licensing (Licensing is divided up into different classifications based on need.)
1. Each applicant for a license must demonstrate to the licensing authority a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm. (Same genuine reasons as defined above)
2. Classification C Producers (of meat. Ranchers) Shall be limited to one rifle and one shotgun. Application to be approved by the Commissioner of Police who may impose conditions on the use of the firearm including the geographical area of the use of the firearm.
3. Applicants must be eighteen; of good character; give proof of identity requiring multiple types of identity proof. Undertake safety training. License to be issued for the classification of gun it is for.
4. Be issued subject to storage requirement inspection by licensing authorities.
5. list of 7 categories of firearms prohibited to be licensed including all semi automatic or self loading firearms.
6. All handguns including pellet and bb pistols are restricted ( No definition of restricted) from licensing.
7. All licensed firearms are subject to confiscation at any time.
Reasons for revocation of license and seizure of firearms
1.Failure to notify licensing authority of change of address
2. No longer has "genuine reason."
3. Not in public interest to own a firearm.
4. Person has a mental or physical condition rendering the license holder unsuitable for owning a firearm.
Permit to Acquire
1. A separate permit is required for the acquisition of every firearm.
2 Issuance of permit subject to a 28 day waiting period.
Storage Requirements
1. Categories A and B A locked receptacle of thick steel. If the weight is less than 300 pounds the receptacle must be bolted to the wall or floor framing.
2. Categories C,D, and H. A steel safe bolted to the floor or wall framing.
3. All ammunition to be locked in a separate storage receptacle.
Ammunition
1. Only ammunition is to be sold for the gun listed on the license.
2. Each jurisdiction shall place a limit on the amount of ammunition to be purchased.
Confiscation
1. 12 month amnesty to persuade gun owners to voluntarily surrender their fire arms and to warn them of the severe penalty for not complying.
2. "that, after the amnesty has concluded, each jurisdiction shall have severe penalties, which to the extent practicable should be uniform, for breaches of the firearms control laws "
Obama has repeatedly stated that conscientious gun owners should not object to common sense gun laws like Australia's. He has threatened executive action. Listed below are some of the provision contained in the Australia 1996 Firearms Agreement in their order in the agreement. Comments in parenthesis are mine and are made for clarification. I didn't list the requirements for the recording of firearm sales and registration.
1996 Firearms Agreement
1. Bans all semi automatic firearms.
2. Bans any competition using a semi automatic firearm
3 All firearms to be registered in a national data base
4. Any person wanting to own, possess or use a firearm must demonstrate a genuine reason.
5. (a) that personal protection not be regarded as a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm.
Classificatios used to define "Genuine Reason"
1. Sporting shooters who are participants in competitions such as Olympic games, Commonwealth Games, or World Championships and have a membership in a club with a charter to compete in those events.
2. Recreational shooters/hunters who produce proof of permission from landowners. (This iis an indication that firearms are banned from government owned lands although not stated.)
3. Bonified collectors of fire arms.
Restrictions placed on collectors.- 1. If manufactured after 1946 must be rendered inoperable 2. may not possess ammunition for the collection firearm. 3. No banned firearm may be collected.
Licensing (Licensing is divided up into different classifications based on need.)
1. Each applicant for a license must demonstrate to the licensing authority a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm. (Same genuine reasons as defined above)
2. Classification C Producers (of meat. Ranchers) Shall be limited to one rifle and one shotgun. Application to be approved by the Commissioner of Police who may impose conditions on the use of the firearm including the geographical area of the use of the firearm.
3. Applicants must be eighteen; of good character; give proof of identity requiring multiple types of identity proof. Undertake safety training. License to be issued for the classification of gun it is for.
4. Be issued subject to storage requirement inspection by licensing authorities.
5. list of 7 categories of firearms prohibited to be licensed including all semi automatic or self loading firearms.
6. All handguns including pellet and bb pistols are restricted ( No definition of restricted) from licensing.
7. All licensed firearms are subject to confiscation at any time.
Reasons for revocation of license and seizure of firearms
1.Failure to notify licensing authority of change of address
2. No longer has "genuine reason."
3. Not in public interest to own a firearm.
4. Person has a mental or physical condition rendering the license holder unsuitable for owning a firearm.
Permit to Acquire
1. A separate permit is required for the acquisition of every firearm.
2 Issuance of permit subject to a 28 day waiting period.
Storage Requirements
1. Categories A and B A locked receptacle of thick steel. If the weight is less than 300 pounds the receptacle must be bolted to the wall or floor framing.
2. Categories C,D, and H. A steel safe bolted to the floor or wall framing.
3. All ammunition to be locked in a separate storage receptacle.
Ammunition
1. Only ammunition is to be sold for the gun listed on the license.
2. Each jurisdiction shall place a limit on the amount of ammunition to be purchased.
Confiscation
1. 12 month amnesty to persuade gun owners to voluntarily surrender their fire arms and to warn them of the severe penalty for not complying.
2. "that, after the amnesty has concluded, each jurisdiction shall have severe penalties, which to the extent practicable should be uniform, for breaches of the firearms control laws "
