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by adwf 3745 days ago
Yeah, sorry. Work guns are the exception. They're the exception in the UK also.

However, the vast majority of firearms sold are not for farming purposes. Agricultural jobs make up ~1% of the US workforce, yet there's over 1 gun per person. It's a bit of a red herring to talk about it though; no-one is advocating complete gun bans, but sensible gun control.
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FireBeyond 3745 days ago
Similar in Australia, farmers are allowed to own rifles.
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rsync 3744 days ago
"Similar in Australia, farmers are allowed to own rifles."

Not really. Farm workers in Australia are allowed to own "class C" firearms which are "Pump-action or self-loading shotguns having a magazine capacity of 5 or fewer rounds and semi automatic rimfire rifles" ...

I wouldn't really characterize a rimfire weapon as a real rifle and I am not really sure how useful that is, other than the raccoon work that I mentioned above. I wouldn't attempt shooting foxes or coyotes with a .22.

The Australian gun laws are amazingly restrictive for a country that large and wild and varied. I would feel quite hamstrung as a farmer (or even simply a resident) in a remote, rural area with only a shotgun and/or a .22 (the typical rimfire weapon) ...

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rsync 3744 days ago
Actually, a re-reading of the wiki page[1] suggests that I misunderstood - it looks like bolt action rifles are "class B" and, although it's hard to tell, are available to regular folks in some shape or form.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Australia

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