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Had my Father pass away early this month and was going through some of his things when we came across something that might be of interest.
Many years ago we went from no real system to a license for each firearm. One of the things that dad had kept was the license he got for the .303 Brit he had. The thing that made it interesting was that he had to state where he had obtained it from. In this case his father who had brought it back from South Africa when he went over there in the very early part of the last century to met the call of empire, it is an old Long Tom but with a competition barrel that Grandfather won in 1926 at the Royal Sydney Easter Show. Also listed was "Other Users" which was myself as a 16 year old student. This system also required you to obtain a "Permit to Procurer" before you could buy anything. It did not last for long and was replaced with a system of licensing the owner and you can buy whatever your budget and class of license permits. A much easier system that enables a small degree of control over the suitability of a person to become an owner. Incidentally mention HD when applying and it is a surefire way of having your application declined.
As for the Long Tom, It is a little shot out, having served in one war and in the home guard for two others it will be on the wall very soon for a well deserved retirement.
Just thought that this might be of interest to those under threat of some sort of licensing system.
Many years ago we went from no real system to a license for each firearm. One of the things that dad had kept was the license he got for the .303 Brit he had. The thing that made it interesting was that he had to state where he had obtained it from. In this case his father who had brought it back from South Africa when he went over there in the very early part of the last century to met the call of empire, it is an old Long Tom but with a competition barrel that Grandfather won in 1926 at the Royal Sydney Easter Show. Also listed was "Other Users" which was myself as a 16 year old student. This system also required you to obtain a "Permit to Procurer" before you could buy anything. It did not last for long and was replaced with a system of licensing the owner and you can buy whatever your budget and class of license permits. A much easier system that enables a small degree of control over the suitability of a person to become an owner. Incidentally mention HD when applying and it is a surefire way of having your application declined.
As for the Long Tom, It is a little shot out, having served in one war and in the home guard for two others it will be on the wall very soon for a well deserved retirement.
Just thought that this might be of interest to those under threat of some sort of licensing system.
