DAMON MATTHEWS is butcher in regional WA of 35 years who uses firearms in his work. He also helps locals dispatch other animals where they may be unable to do that themselves. When he recently moved house, police turned up as he was moving his firearms and ammunition – and promptly took them off him because they were, in their view, ‘unsecured’.    AS DAMON EXPLAINS, the police take the view that Damon needed to buy a second safe, have that installed, then move everything into the new safe before moving the old one. In what is clearly a ridiculous and vexatious move, this has left Damon without his key tools of trade, and a legal fight which will go to court in mid-August. Damon also explains that with around 300 clients, he will need around 1,000 property letters, as many farmers and others have more than one property.   This, in an environment, when registering on WAPol’s portal is almost impossible to do and where property owners are simply turning away from being prepared to provide property letters because of the complexities now in place.    Damon has an important tip that WAPol should take up to fix that – if it’s interested in treating shooters like customers. WA needs to introduce a new registration plate logo: The State of Red Tape. THE CURRENT SITUATION leaves his area without a butcher who can do his work, property owners who may have sick animals that the police, councils and rangers either can’t or won’t help out with, which is a cruel new policy of the Cook Government. This is a story that the Western Australian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Legislation that is currently reviewing the new legislation needs to hear. ------------------------------------------------------------ GET EARLY RELEASES! Join our Patreon channel and you’ll get our episodes before they are released more widely!  You can join the channel at: JOIN our Patreon channel, simply go to patreon.com/PoliticsReloaded -------------------------------------------------------------- GUN NEWS AUSTRALIA is brought to you by Politics Reloaded and Gun Traders Australia  --------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN / DONATE NOW – strength in numbers You can back what we're doing by becoming a subscriber for just $30 a year at: https://politicsreloaded.com/join-us/; or donating at https://politicsreloaded.com/donate/  --------------------------------------------------------------- EMAIL LIST – don’t miss the news! Finally, for regular updates, hop onto our email list:https://politicsreloaded.com/email-list/ ---------------------------------------------------------------