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You can use this stuff on dogs too!
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Make your horse less "fizzy"
Can be used as a wound dressing

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Curious about some conditions your dog could get, what plants are poisonous and what to do in an emergency?
Visit the Merck Vet Manual online.
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Some more great info from the Merck Vet Manual- have a read through some of the toxins and what you should do if you suspect poisoning.
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A feel good story about an old gun- what a pleasant change!

I helped a client with his application today to add a .22 to his collectors licence . The story about the rifle you may find interesting. How times have changed. So many of today's laws would have been broken by this enterprising youngster. He rode a pony to school: these days most boys are scared of horses! The story goes like this:

This Cooey .22 calibre rifle has significant heirloom value to me because it was owned by my father who is now 90 years old. For all of my life I have known of this rifle which has been in my father’s possession. A significant part of my relationship with my father is the history of this rifle. In 1935 at the height of the Great Depression my father was eight years old. He lived on a farm in the Wheatbelt at a place called Yealering. One day he saw a saddle in the local saddlery store which was just the right size for the pony he rode to school. He really wanted that saddle, but he did not have enough money to buy a saddle. So he devised a plan to make some money. There was a large abandoned almond orchard at the farm and the almonds could be sold to the local store, but flocks of parrots would often decimate the almond crop before it could be harvested. My father believed if he could protect the almonds from the parrots he could harvest a sufficient quantity to enable him to buy the saddle. He had a shanghi (catapult) made the forked stick of a jam tree, rubber strips from an inner tube and leather from an old boot. From this he could fire gravel stones and although it was possible to kill a parrot by this means it was slow and inefficient. He really needed a gun to shoot the parrots, but a gun, like a saddle, was expensive and beyond the financial means of many people during the dark days of the 1930's. He set about trapping rabbits and selling the skins, and collecting scraps of wool to sell, even shaving the wool from the head of the sheep which were occasionally butchered for rations. Gradually he scraped together a few shillings. He then approached his father to share half the cost of buying a rifle. His father agreed to the deal and the between them they bought this single shot .22 Cooey rifle. With the rifle my father set about protecting the almond crop. Money from rabbit skins sales paid for the ammunition. Eventually he was able to harvest (by hand) a wheat bag full of almonds, the sale of which provided sufficient funds to buy his new saddle. The saddle and the rifle remain on the family property to this day.

Here are the actual rifle and saddle (both now famous it seems) - see previous post.

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Fi****ms Lawyer

Submissions for the Fi****ms Act Review.

Here are my posts on the Law Reform Discussion Paper consolidated into one post. I have put it in the form of a letter to the Commission. Feel free to use it and parts of it as you wish...

The Law Reform Commission of WA
12/141 St Georges Tce,
Perth WA 6000

Email: fi****[email protected]

Dear Sirs

Discussion Paper Review of the Fi****ms Act
My submission

A fi****ms licence for a long arm should not be restricted to the property referred to in a property letter.

A restriction like that would breach the commendable principle the Law Reform Commission describes at page 19 of the Discussion Paper: “measures taken to protect the public must be appropriately adapted so as not to impose too great a burden on persons who possess or use fi****ms for reasons recognised as legitimate by the Fi****ms Act and care should be taken not to expose people seeking to comply with the Act to the risk of inadvertent non-compliance”.

Restricting fi****ms possession to fit and proper people protects public safety: restricting the safe and lawful use of fi****ms by those people does not. When the police determine someone is fit and proper to have a fi****ms licence then it must follow he or she can be trusted to get the owner’s permission before shooting on their property. It is a crime to fail to do so.

Most recreational hunting and shooting on private land now happens with verbal, not written, permission. For example, someone with a property letter will take a friend with fi****ms to the property referred to in the letter. The friend has only verbal permission to use fi****ms. But both will safely and lawfully use their fi****ms. Outcomes like this are desirable.

The address of the property letter does not provide a logical reason for restricting a licence. The licence applicant producing a property letter is merely a step in the bureaucratic procedure for getting a licence. The WA police typically accept this. Restricting safe hunting and shooting does not protect public safety. That only happens by making sure only fit people are doing the hunting and shooting.

The landowner who gives permission to a person to shoot on their property should not have to maintain a register of the permission and people to whom it was granted. The issuing of property letters is a private matter between the people concerned. Land owners permitting licensed people use fi****ms safely on their land is no threat to public safety.

A property owner who issues a property letter should not be required to provide storage facilities. There is no need for such a requirement. Anyway, at all times, firearm licence holders are obliged to provide for the safe keeping of their fi****ms whether they are in transit or in storage. As fit and proper people it is up to them to ensure they comply with that law.

Typically, when someone visits a farm for hunting he or she has close custody and control of the firearm at all times. So the need for unattended storage does not arise.

For the same reasons, it is wrong to restrict a long arm licence to range use only. A licensed club member can be trusted to use a firearm safely and lawfully off range. It does not make sense for a person to have some fi****ms which he or she can only use on range and some which can be used anywhere.

The central plank of a sensible, fair, logical firearm licencing regime is the character of the licence holder. It follows that when the police accept a person is fit and proper to have fi****ms, and will keep them securely, then there should be an expedited procedure for the noting of additional fi****ms on to their original licence.

Dealing with an addition as an original application does not protect public safety. It creates ill will to the police because licence holders resent the unnecessary red tape.

There should be no upper limit on the number of fi****ms a single firearm licence holder may possess.

The central plank of a sensible, fair, logical firearm licencing regime is the character of the licence holder. It follows that when the police accept a person is fit and proper to have fi****ms, and will keep them securely, then the number of fi****ms on the licence is not a public safety concern.

Decisions about whether a person “has enough” fi****ms are arbitrary. The variety of circumstances in which fi****ms are used is infinite. So too is the combination of variables in specifications of different fi****ms. The characteristics of users (e.g., age, s*x, fitness, proficiency) are innumerable. No decision maker can objectively take all this into account to determine a person what is or is not “too many”. These decisions always cause a justifiable sense of grievance against police for no public safety benefit.

Once a person satisfies the test for wanting a firearm (now called the genuine reason test), the next test is the genuine need test. That test relates to whether a firearm of a lesser category would be adequate. There is no need for a further test relating to the number of fi****ms already on the licence.

The Fi****ms Act should be amended to permit two or more people to use the one storage facility. That will improve public safety. Now, when travelling, you cannot store your fi****ms in a friend’s cabinet while you stay overnight. This means the fi****ms are left in places less secure than that cabinet.

The law now regarding storage and security is reasonable. But some police don’t understand it and have charged innocent people. That needs to stop.

No public safety reason justifies the idea of having to effectively re-apply for a licence every five or so years. The sheer cost of renewing the licence will cause people who do not have a reason for keeping a firearm to get rid of it. Making people who have been held to be fit to have fi****ms go through the licence procedure every five years would cost the tax payer dearly, consume scarce police resources and burden the licence holder – all for no public safety benefit.

A junior licence could be issued to minors so that they can use any firearm on a range, not just the firearm of an adult.

A person who is not licensed should be able to possess a firearm if the licence holder supervises the use of it, or the possession is temporary (e.g., transporting a friend’s firearm to a range) or reasonable in the circumstances, such as for safety reasons (e.g., handing a firearm to someone to get it through a fence, helping to clean it).

Regulation 26B of the Fi****ms Regulations should be removed. The concept of “close resemblance” is very uncertain. The opinion of the Commissioner changes over time. Different police Commissioners can have different opinions. The appearance of a firearm makes no difference to victims of crime. The application of this regulation is arbitrary and creates undesirable ill will to the police from responsible fi****ms owners. The appearance of a firearm should not determine its category. So the definition of Category D1 should be changed by removing any reference to appearance.

The possession of ammunition components without a licence should not be an offence. Having to deal with components such as empty shell cases, wads etc as if they were real cartridges is impractical and does not protect public safety.

A plastic smart card is a good idea. A paper licence can end up in the wrong hands and disintegrates easily.

Interstate licences should be effective in WA for travellers and to give new residents time to get a WA licence within 6 months.

Sound suppressors should be permitted, as they are in New Zealand. They minimize sound and recoil and assist in effective vermin control, especially in places where the sound of fi****ms use may be a problem.

The police should be required to send a reminder if a licence is not renewed. A reminder would reduce the inconvenience caused when the renewal does not arrive.

Yours faithfully

……………………………………….

[Name and address]

Ross Williamson Fi****ms Lawyer

Fi****ms review info- head over and get on board!

fi****mslawyer.net.au

Project 105 - Fi****ms Act 1973

Today the Law Reform Commission of WA released a Review of the Fi****ms Act 1973 (WA): http://www.lrc.justice.wa.gov.au/P/project_105.aspx

Some of the proposals it entertains would make hunting almost impossible, e.g., being restricted to shooting only on properties where you have written permission and farmers being required to keep a register of all letters issued.

I will be working with SSAA and Rick Mazza (Shooters Party member of WA Parliament) to help minimise the changes which would be detrimental to WA shooters.

Keep your eyes on this page over the coming weeks: we will be asking for your help.

I practice all kinds of criminal law, add me as a contact to your phone: Ross Williamson 0407 426 796. Visit www.fi****mslawyer.net.au and add Hunter Law as a friend on facebook

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Fi****ms Lawyer

A client of mine, a farmer, had a win in Northam court last Thursday. He was charged with possessing 3 guns without a fi****ms licence. The guns were on his son’s licence and kept in a separate cabinet at the farmer’s home. The police said that he was in possession of his son’s guns because he had access to the keys for the son’s cabinet. I argued that because the evidence showed that the farmer had no intention to access the guns, he was not in possession of them. The magistrate accepted my argument and found my client not guilty. He ordered the police to pay my client’s legal costs.
Please note that I practice all kinds of criminal law, not just fi****ms cases. As defence lawyer I have acted for clients charged with serious crimes such as murder, attempted murder, drug cultivation, driving causing death, stealing, fraud and serious assault. I have also acted for businessmen charged with white collar crimes (ASIC as prosecutor). I have appeared in the High Court of Australia, in Canberra, and won an appeal which overturned a judgment of the Supreme Court of WA in a major criminal trial. That resulted in 3 innocent men being released from prison. I have defended so called environmental prosecutions.
Also, please note that I am happy to travel out of Perth. Many courts will let me appear in them via video or phone. So often there is no need for me drive or fly.
You can call me on 0407 426 796. Go to www.fi****mslawyer.net.au. Add Hunter Law as a friend.

Fi****ms Lawyer

I have heard of CALM setting up road blocks in the bush and stopping and searching all hunters’ vehicles. I think that the practice is illegal. If you are stopped my advice is to (1) ask why you are being stopped and (2) object to your vehicle being searched. If it is then searched, and they find something that they want to use in court, you can always argue that the search was illegal and item found should not be used in evidence in court.

I set out below a summary of some aspects of the powers of CALM officers and rangers, wildlife officers and fisheries officers in WA. You will see that there are severe restrictions on their right to search your home without a warrant. Many people think that fisheries officers have more power than police. But that is not true when it comes to searching homes.

A conservation and land management officer who finds a person committing an offence against the Conservation and Land Management Act on any land or waters or who, on reasonable grounds, suspects that such an offence has been committed or is about to be committed, may without warrant (1) stop, detain and search any vehicle, vessel or conveyance; and (2) enter and search any hut, tent, caravan or other er****on which is not a permanent residence.

The CALM officer may not exercise any such power unless he has first taken all reasonable steps to communicate to the person who owns or is in charge of the vehicle, animal, vessel, conveyance, hut, tent, caravan or other thing concerned (if the identity of that person can reasonably be ascertained) his intention to exercise the power and his reasons for believing that he is authorised to exercise the power. This is why you must ask the officer why he is doing what he is doing.

Similar rules apply to a ranger.

A wildlife officer who finds a person committing an offence against the Wildlife Conservation Act or who, on reasonable grounds, suspects that an offence against that Act has been committed or is about to be committed may, without warrant, take possession of -
(i) any weapon, illegal device or other thing which the wildlife officer, on reasonable grounds, believes has been, or will be, used by the offender in committing the offence;
(ii) any fauna or flora which the wildlife officer on reasonable grounds believes to be involved in the commission of the offence.

He may also -
(1) stop, detain and search any vehicle, vessel or conveyance
(2) enter upon and search any land (but not a dwelling house)
(3) enter and search any hut, tent, caravan or other er****on, which is not a permanent residence
(4) enter and search any shop, warehouse, factory, bond store office or any other premises, or
(5) enter into or upon and search any lake, river, pond, lagoon or other water whether natural or not
in which the wildlife officer, on reasonable grounds, suspects there is any fauna or flora taken, or any weapon, instrument, illegal device or other thing or means used or about to be used, in the commission of an offence against the Act

A fisheries officer may, without a warrant, enter and search any premises, but not a residence, other than premises used as a residence if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence against this the Fish Resource Management Act is being or is about to be committed in or on the premises.
He may enter a residence, without a warrant, he (1) suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence against this Act; and (2) has pursued the person without interruption from the place, or near the place, where the offence was suspected to have been committed to the premises.
A fisheries officer may, without warrant, enter and search any tent, camp or unauthorised structure if the fisheries officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that it contains any fish or fishing gear.

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Croc and load: Saltwater croc safari hunting could happen in NT within a year

Croc hunting in Australia...

mobile.abc.net.au Safari hunting of large problem saltwater crocodiles could be taking place in the Northern Territory within a year, according to the Indigenous Affairs Minister.

Reviving the lost art of cooking with bush foods

abc.net.au It was an adaption to the arid climate in outback Australia which lead Andrea Tschirner down the path of being an advocate for cooking with bush foods.

Support for the Recommendations for Recreational Hunting on Public Land | SSAA WA

Recreational Hunting in WA
Have your say!
http://www.ssaawa.org.au/news/support-for-the-recommendations-for-recreational-hunting-on-public-land/

www.ssaawa.org.au Send a letter to the Minister of Environment - Hon. Albert Paul Jacob MLA, expressing your support for the recommendations for recreational hunting on public

RSPCA forced to cough up $1.4m after farmers' prize herd wrongfully culled

Good one RSPCA. Shoot 100+ stud cattle...

9news.com.au The RSPCA has been ordered to pay $1.415 million after a field officer wrongfully culled a pure-bred cattle herd in south western Victoria.

Inquiry into RSPCA set to be launched in WA

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/inquiry-into-rspca-set-to-be-launched-in-wa/6449966


Investigation into the RSPCA!
Their trophy hunting ads $18,000 per day
Which is funny, as trophy hunting is not illegal, or cruel. Such a waste of public money and abuse of power.

mobile.abc.net.au A parliamentary inquiry examining the actions and role of the RSPCA in WA looks set to go ahead after it is backed by the State Government.

Don't export gun accessories!

Today my client was in Perth court on a charge of exporting scopes, a bi-pod and a pair of scope rings (all for his licensed guns overseas) without the consent of the Commonwealth Minister of Defence. The items were in his carry-on and checked in luggage. The Customs Dept accepted that my client took these things overseas for innocent sporting purposes, but they still prosecuted him in court to send a message to overseas travelers that they need to get a permit to take “fi****ms accessories” overseas. Money seems to be no object for Customs: they paid for two lawyers to argue their case. In Customs prosecutions the accused is always ordered to pay the legal costs of Customs. In this case they said that they had racked up over $40,000 in legal fees. I was able to get that down to $15,000. Then there was the issue of penalty. I argued before the magistrate that he should be lenient with my client because no one knows that you cannot take these things out of the country. After all, you can import them without a permit; and this information is not on the Customs website or any sign at the airport. I also said that the facts of the case were trivial and my client made no attempt to hide his actions. In fact he declared the items at the GST refund office at the airport and put them through the security screen: hardly the actions of a smuggler.
The magistrate accepted my argument and went so far as to dismiss the charges and impose no fine. That means that my client keeps his clean record.
The moral of the story is make sure that you are very careful when you travel. Innocuous things like slings, ammo socks for stocks, spotlights for guns and recoil pads require a permit if you want to take them out of the country. You want to avoid arguments with the Customs Dept. They are like a pit bull on steroids. When they bite, it really hurts.

Win in court yesterday!

Paul Da Silva (my client) had a win in Manjimup court yesterday. The police had charged him with failing to use gun storage facilities, but I advised him to fight it. He had the guns with him in a derelict farm cottage he and mates were camped in during a hunting trip. I said in this situation there was no legal duty to use storage facilities. When I told the charging officer that my client would plead not guilty he ridiculed me. Just before the start of the trial, however, the police prosecutor conceded that he could not possibly succeed. He told the magistrate that he would drop the charge and agreed to an order that the police pay my client’s legal costs. Frequently I see police officers charging shooters with gun storage charges with no good reason. I also hear of the shooters pleading guilty to the charges because they don’t get proper legal advice. They end up with a criminal record when they have done nothing wrong. (My number is 0407 426 796, email is [email protected].)

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Need help with your license application in WA?

When you fill out your WA fi****ms licence application there is a question asking you “What is your need for this firearm?” The question seems harmless enough, but it is misleading.What it is really asking you to do is explain how you satisfy the special “genuine need” test in the Fi****ms Act. Unless you are familiar with the terms of the Act, you may well answer in a way that gives the police a reason to refuse your application. If you appeal, the police will use against you what you said in answer to this trick question. If you want legal advice to make sure this won’t happen, I can help. If you send me by sms or email the calibre and action of the firearm you want to licence, and a list of the fi****ms already on your licence, I will give you written advice on how to answer this trick question. Cost will be $100 plus GST. My number is 0407 426 796, email is [email protected].

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Fi****ms Lawyer

Last week a WA magistrate acquitted my client of a charge that he was cruel to a sheep on his farm. The animal had broken its leg. So my client carefully bandaged it up in the way he always does. Even though his method works well, and many farmers commonly do the same thing, the Department of Agriculture charged him with a cruelty offence under the Animal Welfare Act. The department said that my client should have used a vet or shot the animal instead. The magistrate accepted my argument that the department did not know what it was talking about. She ordered the department to pay my client’s legal costs. The moral of the story for farmers is that when a investigator wants to ask you questions you should get proper legal advice before you answer them. Investigators are often not after the truth. They are after a conviction. When you tell them the truth they often respond by accusing you of lying. (I am always on 0407 426 796. Add Fi****ms Law WA as a friend.)

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