Yes, I hear you loud and clear. It's a very contentious issue I guess. It was here when the law was changed after the Martin Bryant/Port Arthur massacre when most of us lost the ability to own semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. Still, we work around it the best we can, make our other firearms work the best they can and move on. Here, as a licensed and law abiding firearms owner, I am very regulated - In fact the firearms branch have the authority to enter my home (with me in attendance) to do gun checks...The criminal who obtained a gun on the black-market...Well, no regulation. Doesn't make a lot of sense - Still, it's easy for the government to keep an already law abiding firearms own in check than it is to chase actual criminals. Idiots.
Anyway, it is what it is and the good thing is I get to shoot every week, compete, hunt and cull, essentially int he same manner as I did previously.
The worst restrictions in some States here are for handguns...especially for concealed carry, which require a special license. When I got my first one years ago in NYC, it took nine months to get approved, and that was for job related purposes...
9 months?! A long time, especially considering it was a work-related need. Crazy.