Thread: WE LOST

Originally Posted by Cordite

A gun which can shoot and is below 762mm length is a pistol. Waste of money and court time?

Exactly....
As disappointed as everyone is this ruling should be no shock to anyone. The law is there for everyone to read, plain and simple Arms act 1983 "pistol means any firearm that is designed or adapted to be held and fired with 1 hand; and includes any firearm that is less than 762 millimetres in length" No mention of anything with a folding stock, min or max lengths...Just because police had a policy doesn't make it law...
The police do not make rulings on the law, and their view is not legal advice. Courts set the rulings on how the law is to be applied.


People are very quick to challenge a policy when it removes privileges from us but not many people decided to seek their own legal advice or put their own interpretation on it.