@sortius as a West Australian who has owned a couple of guns since i was very young I would say what is happening here with gun control is very good. But it had always been quite strict compared to other states.

To get a license 40 years ago i needed a letter from a farmer saying i could use it there. And it had to be an appropriate calibre. Anything larger than 22 was harder to get. Now they are doing the same but keeping track of who issues the letters and making every license holder re apply.

Last year i handed in my grand mother's 410 shotgun and my father's 22. Might hand in the remaining one this year. They pay a small fixed fee for each weapon when you hand it in.

After port Arthur my father had to hand in his 12 guage semi automatic. He was very happy with the money he got for a very old shotgun. But it was a mass murder weapon if there ever was one.

@jetsoft it sucks that you're law abiding, because WA has been singled out as the state with some really sloppy laws.

There was one property with 1500 "pest hunting" permits given, and the dude was the owner of a gun shop.

There's a reason WA & NSW are being singled out lately, and it's because there's some serious corruption going on with gun licensing and sales

@sortius and they are saying there will be medical tests every 5 years. To see if your mentally suitable. Wonder if i will pass.

On a Tech note the new system ties into the federal myid system. So the same app you use to identify yourself for tax or centre link payments. Thatch that was good.

@jetsoft hahaha, it was inevitable, but, yeh, 5 years is a bit of a joke.

When I think about things that happened in 5 year periods, I'm kind of glad I didn't have a gun