When you subjugate your rights to government regulation, you give them the power to deny you those rights. Australians are finding that out, as the bureaucratic goons will be invading people's homes to make sure their guns are unloaded, locked in a steel vault, and buried in a concrete bunker in the back yard.

POLICE will target gun owners in a series of surprise weapon safety audits across the Oxley Local Area Command and the State in coming weeks.

The audit is aimed at preventing theft and injury caused by the unsafe storage of firearms, such as under a bed or in a cupboard, an unfortunate circumstance of improper firearm storage that police often have to deal with.

Note that this bigotry only happens with guns. Would people be so quick to accept the government beating down your door to see if you have an unsafe gas can in your garage, or keep your household chemicals under your sink?