“There’s a street in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs where weapons have become a way of life,” 9news.com.au reports. And that’s because . . .
As little as five years ago, the area was considered rural, but now, it’s been swallowed up by suburbia.
A slow but steady tsunami of urban sprawl is wiping out the hobby farms and paddocks, and replacing them with housing developments, traffic lights, a shopping centre, and a McDonald’s.
With the population explosion has come the crime, and for the first time, locals who’ve lived here their whole lives are dealing with home invasions and theft.
So, residents have formed a citizen militia. But as these law-abiding residents can’t own a firearm for self-defense — or defense of their community — they’ve turned to legal weapons . . .
“Baseball bats, nail guns, compressed air homemade machine guns that shoot paintball pallets. On this stretch of road, people are petrified.” . . .
Joe and his neighbours patrol the streets at night, on the look-out for burglars and suspicious activity.
They call themselves the “No Fear” gang.
“Yeah, I patrol with my bow and arrows. I’ve got a 70 pound (31kg) compound bow with more than a dozen arrows with various types of tips, and blades that pop out of them to make as much damage and fatal wounding as they can,” Joe said.
He’s been stockpiling weapons in recent months and is proud of his terrifying arsenal.
“I got my knuckle dusters, various steel pipes. I’ve got a pen gun, hollow tip bullets that have been hollowed out a little bit with mercury in them.
“That way if you only nick your target, you know they’re going to die five days later in an excruciating death.”
Why do I get the feeling that a Oz’s Current Affair program chose to highlight “Joe” due to the fact that he’s the most “extreme member” of the citizen militia? Perhaps for the same reason abc9news.com.au put the problem at the end of the article instead of the front (corrected here).
This story’s “shock” value can be traced to the fact that Australia’s mainstream media views armed self-defense — whether it’s with a gun or a crossbow — as madness. Madness I tell you! Madness!
There’s only one street in this suburb where the road is mostly still dirt, and that’s where we find a kind-of motley militia, disturbingly comfortable with taking the law into their own hands, even if it means putting innocent lives at risk.
I guess the fact that innocent lives are already at risk doesn’t figure. Not when you live in a disarmed society.
Finding it hard to feel sorry for this POS.
I wonder if recoil sensitivity is partially geneticallt or chemically wired into our brains. I’m a small guy and actually don’t mind recoil (kinda like it, actually!), but I’ve taken guys shooting who are done after a magazine of .22. Since sensitivity to noises and other stimulus is just part of our makeup (which can be trained up or down, granted), I’m of the opinion that we each start with a baseline of recoil sensitivity. But I am not a scientist, nor do I play one on TV.
I don’t mind recoil myself. I may shoot less rounds if it is uncomfortable but it doesn’t stop me. Usually a butt pad or a spring loaded stock tames a shotgun enough for my tastes. Maybe I have enough mass to compensate?
When the “instructor” stepped further down range I cringed. Seemed like a dumb thing to do just for a better video angle.
I don’t really like recoil, especially in handguns, especially in revolvers.
My main opinion about recoil is that a lot of people think recoil = ballistics, which of course isn’t necessarily true.
I’m more baffled by how anyone can eat at any of these chain microwaved frozen food crapholes – are there no local restaurants where some people live?
Long g uns – I don’t mind a little kick but it gets old fast. Even the difference between my .308 and my .303, you can’t really even tell the difference between the two until you’ve fired 25 or 30 rounds, after which I’m usually looking for something else to shoot with the .308 but with the .303 I’m shoo ting another 20 or 30. So I tend to favor rounds that give up a 100fps or 2 for the sake of rec oil, even in moderate recoiling rifles (.308 over .30-06, 7×57 over 7-08, etc).
Handguns – Handguns are incredibly weak and I prefer carrying a slightly heavier rev olver with a hot .357 load (or occasionally a .44 magnum) over an anemic 9mm/.45acp. They kick, but the kick is a little more pleasant than a super light weapon like an LCP.
This kind of guy is why teachers in elementary school tell students not to run with scissors.
Wait — I though that “getting goosed” involved an entirely different part of the human anatomy.
Live and learn.
Recoil management is about technique and mindset and then body mass and strength. So many people put the butt of the stock on the point of their shoulder joint where there is zero muscle to cushion the blow. I’ve even seen experienced shooters shoot a shotgun like they would an AR-15 with the toe of the stock on their collar bone. The pocket formed by your pectoral muscle to the inside of your shoulder joint when your elbow is at shoulder height is where the butt of the stock goes. Once I learned this I enjoyed shooting guns with heavy recoil. Smaller and/or weaker persons should use the best technique and anything that will mitigate the recoil including shooting a less powerful cartridge. As for me:
Love me some contact, Petey!
Baseball bats? Wouldn’t Auckers use cricket bats?
“A slow but steady tsunami of urban sprawl is wiping out the hobby farms and paddocks, and replacing them with housing developments, traffic lights, a shopping centre, and a McDonald’s.”
Aha, I knew it! McDonald’s causes crime! Because crime can’t possibly be caused by criminals.
Odd, isn’t it, that these shootings usually take place in government indoctrination centers and are carried out by emasculated special snowflakes.
Got a bad shoulder, so when i shoot long guns, .308 win is my limit for extended shooting sessions.
Have a semi auto 12 gauge for duck/trap shooting.
Handguns anything up to 44 magnum.
Why should police receive special treatment over civilians?
This guy was treated EXACTLY how a regular ordinary American citizen would have been treated in the exact same situation. Bit apparently that is unacceptable for people like this guy…
I guess he thinks he is better than the rest of us, and that the rules and laws that apply to the rest of us don’t apply to him.
They produce some very good holsters,the commercial not so much.
This is what the Aussie’s voted for themselves.
No complaining allowed, now.
Since it lasts for decades there is little downside to holding it. I shot the ahh ok paid too much for and replaced it with more at lower prices.
I look at the guns and capacity to decide on hold amounts. I have one .38 revolver so I keep about 300 rounds on hand. I rarely shoot it anyway. I have two 9mm pistols so I keep 1000 rounds. More capacity and I shoot them often.
.22 I keep a lot because I have a lot of .22 guns and it cannot be reloaded.
.308 I keep a lot because all my rifles are chambered in it.
10mm is super popular in alaska, its a great anti animal round. its popular enough that its hard to find sometimes.
“When you go to the gun shop and you have a few extra dollars in your pocket, grab a box of ammo while you’re there.”
Bad advice. Save up your “few extra dollars” (who’s ever had one of those?), and buy bulk. You save loads of money, and it comes in a box you can label and store.
Simpler and saves time and money.
I wonder what would happen to one of those Australians should he use his improvised weapon to do serious damage to a home invader. Because of castle doctrine in the US, I can be confident that the law permits me to fight off a home invader who tries to do me harm.
A DOC officer asking about how much ammo I have. ?????? then add, that over half the commentators on here berate cops, then add all the where do you, how do you store your guns, + what would it take for you to justify a DGU. I’d have to reshape my tin foil hat into a cone. Because only a dunce would answer any of those questions,
None of them had enough pride and self respect to use a 1911.
Stories like this need to get more publicity. Not for sake of public opinion in general, but so LEOs will get the sense that law abiding citizens with guns will have their backs if they’re in trouble.
But I have a badge, a uniform! How dare anyone deny me?!
OMG! How do I distinguish between a .9mm wound and a mosquito bite? They sound alike in flight, and I might think I was removing a splinter when in fact I’m destroying a crime scene? Ducky will have a knot in his knickers mate!
They need some pikemen too, in case those gangsters charge them on BMX bikes.
Who are you and why should I care what you think?
Since when is 2+ million a slump?
I like the police. But a private property owner has the right to refuse service to gun carriers. And a on duty policeman in uniform should be TREATED THE SAME as anyone else.
Representatives of the government don’t get special exemptions.
1. The right of the People to keep and bear arms does not require interpretation. If you can’t understand that you are no American. This right does not end at state lines.
2. Those who disagree with item 1. are not worthy of public office. If a politician can’t get that right they are incapable of getting anything right and will neither serve the People nor the Constitution.
3. Shoot first, ask questions later, let God sort it out, dead men tell no tales and don’t waste taxpayer dollars.
A M642 is my EDC — Every Day Companion. I’m thankful for her company, but even with plain-jane 38Spls she’s a snappy little b!tch.
This looks… very familiar… are we sure this is new? So help me, I could swear I’ve seen this knick knack before and a long time ago… tiny spike over the muzzle and all…
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Comparison to the PK380 is appropriate since both guns are very close in size, weight, barrel length and capacity. I’m a bit surprised that S&W is calling this a Shield since it’s substantially bigger than a 9 mm Shield. I’d be more interested if it were the 9 mm Shield converted to 380 or, even better, the size of a Kahr CT380.
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