So I've looked up the procedure to legally acquire a Pistol #Firearm (#gun) in my state in #Australia . Firearms of any sort are super tightly regulated, we never had a mass murder incident with a pistol, something that happens every afternoon in US (twice on the weekends)
These are the requirements
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You have to prove you do not want a pistol
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You have to show you need it for a good cause, the only good reason being, taking it out of a gun safe between 3PM and 6PM on a Saturday to look at it.
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The police will require your DNA, Brain scan and check your ancestry all the way back to Jesus for any criminality, this being Australia, settled by convicts, no Australian migrant can own one.
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Pistol dimensions are strictly regulated, the magazine may not exceed 1 round, and you have to assemble the round before you fire it, by law, with the separate parts of the bullet stored some distance apart, ideally in different municipalities.
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The barrel of the pistol may be between 1200mm and 1201mm and of a calibre wider than the round used in the pistol
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You need to join a secret society, and pay your firstborn as a due.
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For the first 6 years, you can not actually own a gun, instead after you get a permit, you can look at one in the shop.
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You have to enroll and graduate from a 3 year full time University Firearms safety and use course.
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To maintain your license, you need to attend an official cult, sorry club, competition every weekend (Sat AND Sun)
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You have to re-apply for the license every month and will lose it if you do not meet any of the cult, sorry club, competition requirements or are within 500m of a criminal offence being committed.
