URGENT NOTICE TO AUSTRALIAN COLLECTORS - ALL SWORDS TO BE BANNED

Dear Friends in Nihontô and Samurai study,

The Victorian Government has given notice that it intends to declare ALL SWORDS
to be prohibited weapons. All sorts of nasty consequences flow from this
including import bans. A Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is available by mail
or via the Justice Department's website. I urge all Australian collectors to
request a hard copy by mail and/or download the documents and read them
thoroughly. Submissions close on Monday September 8th.

This is particularly important for ALL Australian collectors. I believe that
any law passed in any State jurisdiction can then be immediately written into
law WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION by any other State. As the proposed banning of
swords arises out of an all-Australian Police Commissioners meeting you may be
sure that if this gets up in Victoria we will see swords declared prohibited
weapons without notice all over Australia.

Any lover of swords anywhere in the world is also quite free to download the RIS
and make a submission to the Victorian Government. I would be eternally
grateful to anyone who did so and the cause of Nihontô as Art swords will surely
be advanced. Important swords have been found in Australia and will continue to
be found - unless they wind up being broken and melted down.

Calling Colonel Cadwell, where are you.

I will try to set something up on a website - Richard Turner??

Go here to find the Regulatory Impact Statement.

http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2569020010922A/Homepage?OpenForm

Click on the top link labelled

"Draft Control of Weapons and Firearms (Search Powers) Regulations 2003"

and you will pull up three documents as follows:

RegulatoryImpactStatement.pdf (173kb)
ProposedControlofWeapons(Amendment)Regulations2003.pdf (14kb)
ProposedFirearms(SearchPowers)Regulations2003.pdf (12kb)

Best regards,
Barry Thomas
(Melbourne, Australia)

''Any lover of swords anywhere in the world is also quite free to
download the RIS and make a submission to the Victorian Government''
Done. Carlo Tacchini ''Tsubame1''.

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Barry Thomas [mailto:warlord@...]
Inviato: domenica 10 agosto 2003 23.51
A: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
Oggetto: [samuraihistory] URGENT NOTICE TO AUSTRALIAN COLLECTORS - ALL
SWORDS TO BE BANNED

Dear Friends in Nihontô and Samurai study,

The Victorian Government has given notice that it intends to declare ALL
SWORDS
to be prohibited weapons. All sorts of nasty consequences flow from
this
including import bans. A Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is available
by mail
or via the Justice Department's website. I urge all Australian
collectors to
request a hard copy by mail and/or download the documents and read them
thoroughly. Submissions close on Monday September 8th.

This is particularly important for ALL Australian collectors. I believe
that
any law passed in any State jurisdiction can then be immediately written
into
law WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION by any other State. As the proposed
banning of
swords arises out of an all-Australian Police Commissioners meeting you
may be
sure that if this gets up in Victoria we will see swords declared
prohibited
weapons without notice all over Australia.

Any lover of swords anywhere in the world is also quite free to download
the RIS
and make a submission to the Victorian Government. I would be eternally
grateful to anyone who did so and the cause of Nihontô as Art swords
will surely
be advanced. Important swords have been found in Australia and will
continue to
be found - unless they wind up being broken and melted down.

Calling Colonel Cadwell, where are you.

I will try to set something up on a website - Richard Turner??

Go here to find the Regulatory Impact Statement.

http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2569020010922A/Homepage?OpenForm

Click on the top link labelled

"Draft Control of Weapons and Firearms (Search Powers) Regulations 2003"

and you will pull up three documents as follows:

RegulatoryImpactStatement.pdf (173kb)
ProposedControlofWeapons(Amendment)Regulations2003.pdf (14kb)
ProposedFirearms(SearchPowers)Regulations2003.pdf (12kb)

Best regards,
Barry Thomas
(Melbourne, Australia)




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