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iqbal Assault rifles, sub machine guns etc have always been banned here. Also as Australia is an island continent and we have never had warfare on our soils except for bombing attacks on Darwin and Northern Australia during WW2 and Jap midget submarine attacks on Sydney harbour. So the supply of such weapons from civil strife has never been an issue. Therefore outside of military or official sources they would be very rare ... BUT I was very surprised to see an article in a local paper several years ago where a local police constable was holding two very nice MP5 Hecklor and Koch sub-machine guns. They had been found in the possession of a local who said "he was trying to sell them to a film company as props." My first thought was where can I get one! Then during the gun buy back a man turned in under the amnesty a twin barrelled 20 mm automatic aircraft cannon and claimed $300,000 compensation! He had it sitting in his backyard shed. So you never know what is out there. I used to have an SKK semi-automatic which doesn't come close to an AK47 and really was just for a bit of fun. Got confiscated during the gun buy-back. (Replace it though with something better ) But to the point. I don't think citizens need assault rifles at all for sporting purposes. The only exception would be for assault target shooting type competitions. On the other hand if a person is sensible I can't see why a licensed person can not have one. A problem here is the looney tunes tend to be attracted to this sort of firearm. But I think if carefully controlled ownership would be acceptable. Note ownership of firearms for self defence is not a valid reason to own a firearm in Australia. Which I do NOT agree with. As to the best one. The Australian Army used to use the SLR or Self Loading Rifle, a variation of the FN FAL. I think the FN FAL is a fine rifle for those who are well trained enough to use it well. The AK47 is a rugged simple weapon and very effective in its purpose. |