The GYMPIE Meeting - 15 May 1996 ----

A Famous Date In Australian History ------------------------------------------ Email: editor@shootersnews.addr.com

"ARE YOU GOING TO SURRENDER YOUR ARMS ?............................. NO !!!!!!"












On the evening of the 15th May 1996 furious shooters assembled at a hall in the town of Gympie Queensland to discuss and declare their refusal to accept the theft and fraud proposed by John Howard's 10 May 1996 gun grab.

It would prove to be a truely historic meeting and in time to come will be recorded on par with the famous Eureka Stockade rebellion of the 1850s.

Chaired by Ron Owen and Ian McNiven of the Firearm Owners Association and its members in that area it received national TV coverage.

Ian asked meeting: ARE YOU GOING TO SURRENDER YOUR ARMS ? .......to a resounding answer of NO !

This followed information about oppression of free citizens by governments and the fact that in past instances of history peoples revolutions occurred to order for tyrants to be overthrown in saying - "The only currency you can purchase freedom back with is blood" ( some media stories misled the public in reports on this ).

In the following days politicans were reeling from this historic meeting as it was the catalyst for shooters all over Australia to go on the warpath. A seething looking Kim Beazley abused shooters saying they had no right to have semi-auto rifles along with Daryl Williams.















And it should noted part of the reason this meeting was called was because of the weak response to the May 10 gun grab that came from established firearms organizations like SSAA immediately afterwards.















It is now a matter of historical fact that those who implemented the May 10 gun grab were removed from power at subsequent elections due to shooters - in particular Jeff Kennett and Bob Borbidge who would have been still in office had they put John Howard in his proper place. It would be fair to say they too were victims of the Port Arthur gunman.













This website's origins stems from the Gympie meeting.



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