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posted by n1 on Monday June 19 2017, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the up-in-arms dept.

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Australia has announced national gun amnesty, allowing people to hand in illegal or unregistered firearms to authorities. The move is aimed at curbing growing numbers of illegal weapons and comes amid an increased terrorist threat.

[...] The program starts on July 1 and within three months – until September 30 – anyone who possesses an unwanted or unregistered firearm, or a firearm-related item such as ammunition, can legally dispose of or register their firearm at "approved drop-off points in each State and Territory", without fear of being prosecuted, Justice Minister said.

Outside the amnesty period, however, those who are caught with illegal guns could face a fine of up to AU$280,000 (US$212,000), up to 14 years in prison and a criminal record.

“My expectation is it will probably not be the case that we will have hardened criminals who have made a big effort to get a hold on illegal guns would necessarily hand them in. The purpose is to reduce the number of unregistered and illicit firearms in the community,” Keenan said, as cited by AAP.

[...] Earlier this month, the authorities announced plans to build its first prison solely for militants with extreme views to prevent the radicalization of other inmates.

Source: RT


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @06:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @06:04PM (#528060)

    insurgency is battle proven to be a pain in the ass for any large military to deal with. even though the US has been getting lots of practice the US civilian population is *heavily* armed. also, the military will not simply side against the american people in one organized group of traitors. a high percentage of volunteer soldiers believe in the constitution. They are just like the political right: they've just been too brainwashed to see how bad it really is. many will notice when they are asked to attack their own people/take their guns. also, you can't operate all of your military bases behind "enemy" lines and expect things to run smoothly. someone has to put fuel in the planes or plug the drones in at night. what if half of your support people are aligned with the resistance? what if everything you try to do is behind enemy lines while being attacked 24/7 because you are trying to fight 100 million gun owners? if they are smart, they will continue to try to make us self destruct with race baiting, economic problems, food shortages, etc. then we could just kill each other in large numbers until shit was bad enough to where the soldiers could easily believe they were helping when they roll in with the tanks and the people would be so hungry and tired of fighting they would just cry in relief at the mere site of them. you know, what gun dealers, banks and govs do to africa all the time.

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