Dave, What I prefer to do is stick with the facts and not worry about hysteria. The fact is tyres are not illegal in Victoria because of age. Only condition. That is a fact. Yes regulations have changed a lot over the years. But are we over regulated in all areas? Compare the club permit scheme of today. Any Left hand vehicles now ok. More suitable permit scheme with 45 and 90 days. Safe worthy over full roadworthy. When you want to register a vehicle you don't even have to present the vehicle. Compare that legislation to twenty years.
The firearms act whilst taking alot of firearms from people who didnt really need them now actually caters for re-enactors to have greater range of weapons than ever, whether genuine or replica. The Geelong group had a welded up Vickers which they could only display as a static weapon. The reclassifaction of licence categories now allows them to have it as a fully operational blank firing weapon. They have a mortar that firees dummy rounds, a blank firing 25 ponder and dummy firing rocket weapons. Quite a few members now have fully operational blank firing automatic weapons. All not possibe a few years ago. much of this legislation advantage came about because Robin Mawson took on the legislators at the draft proposal stage and pushed the re-enactors case to get what the hobby needed. The Liquor licensing laws in Victoria (whether you imbibe or not is irrelevant) allow you to get a drink 24 hours a day and bottles shops open twice as long as they do.
I apologise if i have sounded aggressive but I prefer to deal in facts not paranoia and hysteria.
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