interesting topic. i'm no expert or anything but ii live in the US and know our laws are different than Australia. As was said as US citizen we have the constitutional right to bear arms thanks to the 2nd Amendment of our US Constitution, one of 10 amendments prospered in Jefferson and Madison's 'Bill of Rights'. but, as pointed out, regulated by State and Federal law. Tragically, not always effectively, although I personally think a strong argument could be made that if the existing laws would be, or could be, properly enforced (e.g., not letting crazy people get a hold of AR's) that this would help more that just trying to pass even more unenforced laws. :twocents: but i don't claim to know a whole about the issue.

one thing i would caution people about is keeping weapons near plants. even if one or both are legal, are they legal together? i really don't know the law on that and would be interested if others did. personally i don't keep the two together but i'm a non legal state, too. if i'm growing i just keep a really big stick for protection, lol.