22/09/2025
Friends, fellow citizens. There's a darkness creeping into our great country, and if we can't see it, we're not looking hard enough. They're telling us they're keeping us safe, but what they're really doing is taking away the very foundations of our freedom.
Think about this: they've brought in laws that mean if we have a fi****ms license—a law-abiding citizen, mind you—police can barge into our homes without a warrant. No solid evidence, just a copper's "opinion" that we're not a fit and proper person to possess a firearm. This is spelled out in Section 347, which allows police to enter and search a place without a warrant if the "circumstance that justifies seizure under section 346 is the circumstance under section 346(1)(d)". And what is that circumstance? It's "if the police officer is of the opinion that the person is not at the time a fit and proper person to be in possession of the firearm or related thing".
But what about the real criminals? The bikies, the gangs, the serious organised crime outfits? To get into their houses, the police still need to go through the proper channels and get a warrant. It's a two-tiered system, and we, the honest citizens, are on the bottom rung. They're treating us with more suspicion than the criminals themselves.
We hear some people saying that firearm license holders should be subject to random searches. We need to ask ourselves: why is it acceptable to burst into the house of a license holder at random, but police can't search a criminal's house without a warrant? What does that tell you about how they view your rights versus a criminal's rights?
And it gets worse. This new Act gives police the power to demand we answer their questions, to hand over information, and even passwords to our personal devices. If we're a journalist, trying to protect a source that's blown the whistle on corruption, they can force us to give them up. Our "right to silence" has become a "duty to cooperate". This is spelled out in Section 362, which states a police officer can "require any person on the premises to answer questions asked by the police officer about any activities carried on under the authority of a licence or that are otherwise relevant to the operation of this Act".
And who's to say what's "relevant to the operation of this Act"? A police officer can simply say anything is relevant to justify taking away our right to silence. A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of a police officer under this section. Section 361 allows a police officer to question any person they reasonably suspect of being able to furnish information or evidence relating to an offense.
They're silencing the people who hold the powerful to account, all in the name of "public safety".
We're not having a bar of it. This isn't about safety; it's about control. It's a slippery slope, and at the bottom is a country where a knock on the door isn't a friendly visit, but a threat to our liberty. Don't let them do this. Stand up for your rights before they're all gone.
