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amraks
A group of more than a dozen army and Taskforce Echo police officers swooped on the property in Technical Drive, Craigieburn, around 8.45am to search the vehicle, which was believed to contain stolen parts.
Police escorted a man, who arrived in a ute with another man shortly after the search began, off the property before the men drove away.
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amraks
A group of more than a dozen army and Taskforce Echo police officers swooped on the property in Technical Drive, Craigieburn, around 8.45am to search the vehicle, which was believed to contain stolen parts.
Police escorted a man, who arrived in a ute with another man shortly after the search began, off the property before the men drove away.
4 guns and some ammo warranted a raid on 59 homes?
In all seriousness, minus the weed seeds, their 'arsenal' sounds like what I could muster from my coat closet on a slow Tuesday. I am of the opinion that the world has gone crazy over the latest boogey man; 'assault weapons'.
I can think of several high schools in the US, and a little tourist town in Tasmania Australia that may take a slightly different view of the potential to harm that an assault rifle brings with it. Ill just assume those destroyed communities slipped your mind.
I can also assume that you are perfectly happy to see an escalation to the use of these weapons by the criminal element on a more regular basis here in Australia too?
If these chaps want to punch on and stab each other etc then they have my blessing, if they think they can start importing maximum damage devices into the country on the sly then that's a very different matter. TPTB rarely get it right, but in this instance I think they were quite right to go after these rifles, with whatever resources were required. Better that than sitting in a speed camera van having a sleep no?edit on 13 2013 by Artlogic because: Again the giraffes
jaffer44
Bikey voilence in Australia is being used in the same way war on terror is used in America
I live in south Australia and a fee years ago it was our state who first bought in the controversial bikey legislation.
The bikey's were getting a little out if control in our state with shootings in the CBD and a few night clubs being shot up.
The state used these to bring in dracon laws that took away peoples freddom to assemble and other crazy stuff.
I for one agree if they brake the law then deal with them but our bikey's were used like the USA's fight against Arabs.
They over exagerated there crimes and used our fear to keep us quiet while they stripped a little more of our freddom.
It was already illegal to have a gun without a licence and it was already illegal to shoot a weapon in a unsafe mammer they didn't have to change laws there were already laws in place to convict them for there bad behavour.
I was in QLD when the gold coast volience erupted a few weeks ago and on reading the qld papers I all the same minipulation and proper gander to take banana benders rights away.
And i hope that as other posters have stated that the army was only used beacuse of there heavy lifting truck and that we are not being desensitised to see our armed forces in policing roles in the future
Lipton
amraks
A group of more than a dozen army and Taskforce Echo police officers swooped on the property in Technical Drive, Craigieburn, around 8.45am to search the vehicle, which was believed to contain stolen parts.
Police escorted a man, who arrived in a ute with another man shortly after the search began, off the property before the men drove away.
4 guns and some ammo warranted a raid on 59 homes? That doesn't seem just the slightest bit excessive?
In all seriousness, minus the weed seeds, their 'arsenal' sounds like what I could muster from my coat closet on a slow Tuesday. I am of the opinion that the world has gone crazy over the latest boogey man; 'assault weapons'.edit on 13-10-2013 by Lipton because: (no reason given)
Lipton
reply to post by Artlogic
The entire 'assault weapon' argument is complete bull. If liberals really cared about dead kids then they would go to work curbing cheap pistols that thrive in the inner city.
Breakdown of murders by state by weapon: FBI Uniform Crime Report 2012
Breakdown of murders by race and sex: FBI Uniform Crime Report 2012
Please explain to me why legal gun owners are being harassed when in reality less than 3% of the population are accountable for 60% of the homicides, of which 90% are done with pistols?
Your ilk have nothing to counter this.
cartenz
I think its sickening all these people talking of bikies as criminal gangs: Veterans, Coffin Cheaters, Angels are all community groups that support not just their members but the communities they live in
Fight for control of lucrative drug trade Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph August 01, 2013 12:00AM ABOUT 18 months ago a group of senior members of the Perth-based Coffin Cheaters flew into Sydney and immediately headed to Bondi Beach to tell the Comanchero they were taking over.
Members of the rival motorcycle gang, the Comancheros, and members of the Hells Angels were believed to be involved in a clash at Sydney Airport on Sunday, March 22, 2009. The clash resulted in one man, Hells Angels associate Anthony Zervas, being beaten to death
cartenz
Ya know if we are going to go after any sporting clubs as criminal organisations--lets take down the #ing yacht clubs, because thats where most of the fascists in this country spend their Wednesday afternoons!.
So you claim they are just a community group supporting their community....
well, I suppose if their "community" consists of drug dealers you would be correct!
redgy
So you claim they are just a community group supporting their community....
well, I suppose if their "community" consists of drug dealers you would be correct!
there are many bikies that ride for community charities all around australia, just because
they wear certain colors doesn't mean they are all drug pushers or on wanted lists needing to be
locked up the first chance police get.
a gang is just a group, where those who ride together will now be targeted, bikes siezed
or even crushed, not one that should be labled as an "outlaw" or menace to society.
news.ninemsn.com.au...