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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA nutty CT and his gun licence
A Melbourne "conspiracy theorist" who believes Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is secretly Jewish and that Islamic State is an Israeli front has failed in a legal fight to get his gun licence back.
Michael Mazur, 72, had his firearms licence cancelled by Victoria Police earlier this year and his weapon confiscated after expressing extreme anti-Semitic views about Israel being responsible for various terrorist attacks, including the Bali bombings.
The Vietnam veteran and retired radiographer, who lives in Sunbury, challenged the cancellation after it was upheld by the Firearms Appeals Committee, which found his "seemingly paranoid views" raised questions about his mental stability.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal member Elisabeth Wentworth confirmed the decision to take away Mr Mazur's gun licence earlier this month, as she was not satisfied he was a fit and proper person.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/malcolm-turnbull-is-a-jew-antiisrael-gun-owner-fails-to-win-back-firearms-licence-20161024-gs9tki.html
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This concept of a gun licence is probably strange to you, but I am so glad the (conservative) government brought in restrictions after the Port Arthur massacre. People with a genuine use for a gun, ie farmers, sporting shooters, pro hunters can apply for a licence and then purchase from a limited range of weapons. Declaring this guy unfit to own a gun is the law in action.
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A nutty CT and his gun licence (Original Post)
canetoad
Oct 2016
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babylonsister
(171,099 posts)1. Melbourne, Australia, nipping it
in the bud.
canetoad
(17,197 posts)2. Hey!!
Melbourne FL next??
babylonsister
(171,099 posts)5. I wish, but highly unlikely.
Peaches999
(118 posts)3. Gun licenses do exist in the US, but bear in mind Trump has one in NYC
Meanwhile the racialist Mike Bloomberg made it a point to stop and frisk and lock up blacks for years for simple gun possession. But he gave Donald Trump a gun license because he was a billionaire.