The Martin Place seige in Sydney, Australia.

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The Martin Place seige in Sydney, Australia.

Post by Aughnanure » Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:00 am

This Greens statemend was by the local Greens MP David Shoebridge (aka Sandalplank)
"SYDNEY SIEGE SHOWS TOUGHER GUN LAWS NEEDED NOW

Thursday, Dec 18th, 2014
Today's revelation that the gunman at the Sydney siege had a gun licence must lead to tougher gun laws across the country.

NSW Police Commissioner Scipione must immediately explain how a man charged with such serious violent offences retained a gun licence with the NSW Police Firearms Registry....Greens MP and Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge said:

"NSW has seen four years of inaction on gun control in the face of a growing pro-gun lobby in the NSW and Commonwealth parliaments.

"It is impossible to understand how the NSW firearms registry did not take immediate action to revoke this man's gun licence once he was charged with this offence.

"Police Commissioner Scipione has at all times had the power to suspend this man's gun licence under s22 of the NSW Firearms Act.

"Why didn't Commissioner Scipione move to suspend the gunman's licence given the serious charges he faced? There is no point having a power to keep the community safe if it is not used.

"This man was not only charged with accessory to murder and indecent and sexual assault offences but he was also on the terror watch list. However NSW gun laws are so lax that even this does not produce an automatic suspension of his licence."
David Shoebridge must have a big mouth to be able to get his foot so far in it.
Still up at 22;20 hrs today.
http://nsw.greens.org.au/news/nsw/sydne ... needed-now
"Media Statement: Firearm licence status of Man Haron Monis
Release Date: Thursday, December 18 2014, 11:22 AM

On the morning of Tuesday 16 December the AFP provided a brief to the Prime Minister regarding Man Haron Monis holding a registered firearms licence.

The AFP has since confirmed that Mr Monis was not a registered firearms licence holder. NSW Police have since confirmed that there is no record of Mr Monis ever having held a firearms licence.

The information provided at the time was based on a manual entry in the National Police Reference System in the category of ‘Firearms licence Holder’."
http://www.afp.gov.au/media-centre/news ... monis.aspx

Now if the Greens had only checked before jumping in at the deep end
there would not be this embarrassing gaffe.
If they had any sense they would have removed it immediately the Press Release was announced the SAME DAY.

Below is some Green blurb for David Sandalplank's statement above.
""SYDNEY SIEGE SHOWS TOUGHER GUN LAWS NEEDED NOW

... violent offences retained a gun licence with the NSW Police Firearms Registry. The Police Commissioner has at all times had the power to suspend the gun licence under s22 of the NSW Firearms Act.< ... parliaments. "It is impossible to understand how the NSW firearms registry did not take immediate action to revoke this man's gun ...

Lauren Moore - 18/12/2014 - 1:54pm"
Note the time, the Media Release, dated and timed at 18 Dec 2014 11:48 am, therefore the ultra competent Greens had a bit over two hours warning that they would be making themselves look like idiots if they went ahead with their own bit of propaganda.

Makes one wonder.
I also wonder when they will apologize to the Commissioner, not holding my breath
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Re: The Martin Place seige in Sydney, Australia.

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:44 am

Politicians don't apologies and mean it Eoin. Anyway, the Greens are a bunch of people who, if allowed to mess with the real world, will bugger it up for good............................................
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