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I've just received and email on status on Australia Posts ban on the
international carriage of 'firearms' and 'firearm parts'. The email came
with and PDF attachment of the letter received from Australia Post. If you
with to see that letter and other relating to this matter, you can go to the
Antique Arms & Militaria Auctions web site and see then on this page
http://antiquearmsauctions.com.au/HTML/AustraliaPost.htm
Regards...Chris D
About Australia Post
Please find attached a PDF copy of Australia Post's response (dated 13
April) to our letter of objection to their ban on the international carriage
of 'firearms' and 'firearm parts'; included in that response is also a copy
of Australia Post's response (dated 23 February) to the Commonwealth
Ombudsman.
Obviously, none of us are expert in the workings of the international post
system, but we at Antique Arms & Militaria Auctions have never had any
regulatory problems with our firearm exports, and Australia Post's reasoning
for the ban still sounds like a load of nonsense to us.
Their reasons also contain a number of obvious "red herring" half truths,
and, the deceptiveness of their argument is exposed by their use of the word
"effectively":
"All [Australian] states, except Queensland, effectively prohibit the use of
the post for sending firearms overseas." This is news to us!
"Similarly, the import of such items by post is effectively prohibited in
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory."
This too is news to us!
"Canada, ..., have already prohibited the carriage of firearms and firearm
parts in their postal networks." More news!
The simple fact is firearms and firearm parts are not "dangerous" goods and
therefore they can never "pose a potential threat to the safety and security
of the [postal] network"; certainly they are less dangerous, to a postal
worker, than any ill-packaged kitchen knife.
I expect that the Howard government will probably next want to "privatise"
Australia Post; and one has to wonder just what sort of "universal" service
will we then get?
Please, do feel free to offer any constructive comment on Australia Post's
response. It is, after all, all of our antique collections that they are now
causing to be further devalued.
Regards
Philip Cohen
http://aussieseek.proboards25.com/index.cgi
I've just received and email on status on Australia Posts ban on the
international carriage of 'firearms' and 'firearm parts'. The email came
with and PDF attachment of the letter received from Australia Post. If you
with to see that letter and other relating to this matter, you can go to the
Antique Arms & Militaria Auctions web site and see then on this page
http://antiquearmsauctions.com.au/HTML/AustraliaPost.htm
Regards...Chris D
About Australia Post
Please find attached a PDF copy of Australia Post's response (dated 13
April) to our letter of objection to their ban on the international carriage
of 'firearms' and 'firearm parts'; included in that response is also a copy
of Australia Post's response (dated 23 February) to the Commonwealth
Ombudsman.
Obviously, none of us are expert in the workings of the international post
system, but we at Antique Arms & Militaria Auctions have never had any
regulatory problems with our firearm exports, and Australia Post's reasoning
for the ban still sounds like a load of nonsense to us.
Their reasons also contain a number of obvious "red herring" half truths,
and, the deceptiveness of their argument is exposed by their use of the word
"effectively":
"All [Australian] states, except Queensland, effectively prohibit the use of
the post for sending firearms overseas." This is news to us!
"Similarly, the import of such items by post is effectively prohibited in
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory."
This too is news to us!
"Canada, ..., have already prohibited the carriage of firearms and firearm
parts in their postal networks." More news!
The simple fact is firearms and firearm parts are not "dangerous" goods and
therefore they can never "pose a potential threat to the safety and security
of the [postal] network"; certainly they are less dangerous, to a postal
worker, than any ill-packaged kitchen knife.
I expect that the Howard government will probably next want to "privatise"
Australia Post; and one has to wonder just what sort of "universal" service
will we then get?
Please, do feel free to offer any constructive comment on Australia Post's
response. It is, after all, all of our antique collections that they are now
causing to be further devalued.
Regards
Philip Cohen