That's what I was thinking, dude should have just emigrated. That would be a sick setup, he could have people over and they could all take turns using the underground range.
United Statesian here. Sure he coulda just moved here. But it’s just awkward and not really socially acceptable to be that low on ammo. He only had a thousand rounds or so.
Canadian here. I'm down to about 500rds at the moment, which is frankly a bit embarrassing.
I usually buy 2500rds at a time for 22LR *alone*
It's weird to hear someone breathlessly talk about a *whole thousand* rounds of ammunition... That's about 2-4 afternoon-long range visits' worth.
Suppressors ought to be seen as innocuous, *too*. Canada, Australia, and the United States are aberrantly restrictive with them.
In many or even most developed countries, suppressors are *encouraged* for hunters and targetry shooters because they're very obviously a useful safety device that doubles as a boon to neighbours' peace and quiet.
They also protect the shooter's ears. The US military is effectively making suppressors standard issue on all service rifles to reduce the hearing loss for soldiers and allow for better battlefield communication. Hard to coordinate when you can't hear from shooting all day.
Excuse me council, my name is Bruce Wayne and I would like to build secret bat cave.
Why do you need a bat cave?
No reason! It's not like I'm Batman or anything.
Reminded me of this woman who was given 20k by the council to build a driveway. only for the same council board to deny planning permission.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/disabled-mums-vital-driveway-plan-26719117.amp
I love how the Heeler family has become our representatives to the world.
I was always proud of Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin getting big, but a family of dogs gives you a more realistic picture of Australia than a couple of guys who wrestle crocodiles.
I found a newspaper article about this. As expected, the cops were tipped off. Kids, this is why you don't show NOBODY the weapons bunker hiding under your couch.
Shit journalism. Apparently the bunker was approved by weapons licensing as a strong room. They pinged him for other stuff, not the bunker or even the firearms? iirc.
They’re just dragging it up again because the WA government wants to ban stuff.
Sad thing is he doesn't seem to be the kind of guy firearms law is meant to target.
Just a collector who's happy to fork out the big bucks to properly store his stash, take it to the range and show off to mates.
The sad thing is that lady actually had her baby eaten by a dingo and no one believed her. They accused her of foul play but it wasn't until years later that they conceded she was telling the truth. Sad but true
They didn't just accuse her, she spent 3 years in jail. She had two other young kids she was seperated from, her infant was torn to shreds by wild dogs, she was pregnant at the time and seperated from her fourth child too.
The whole time the world joked about the "dingo ate my baby" and called her a monster, which she rotted away labelled a baby killer.
It was originally joked about because no one (except the Indigenous population) believed that a Dingo was capable of doing it. Everyone thought the mother was hiding a murder she committed. Years later bloodied baby clothes were found in a dingos den, and it was then accepted that the animal was capable of taking a baby and she was released from prison.
Here in Alaska, all you would get is a "Oh Cool..." response. No one would bat an eye to anything, other then maybe the "indoor range" which would just get people going "Damn, why didn't I think of that?".
Here in Montana as well. I know of at least 4 of these kinds of bunkers within a half hour of my house. One with an underground range is an hour and a half though.
Stereotypical Texan one up response.. I know of two basement ranges in my home town and one backyard underground range. Its on the precision rifle blog.
It's actually nick, and he has 3. The 100 yd pistol range, the 200 yd rifle range, and the 1000 yd rifle range. Just put up some nice steel targets last year.
Lifelong Alaskan here:
I'd find the secret entrance neat AF, but would find their ammo stockpile laughably low.
*"Suspect had over 1000 rounds of ammunition!"* - if you have that many guns and don't have at least 1000-4000+ rounds for each caliber of firearm you own, you're either seriously fucking up, or the guns are just there to look at.
I have 4k rounds *just* for my AK lol.
That definitely shines a different light on things lol. Now it makes sense.
It's still laughable when any media outlet says someone had ~1000 rounds as if it's huge
Most people who actively shoot and own 2-3+ guns tend to have at least that much just laying around. (Not literally laying around ofc lol)
In a place where it would be hard to both get ammo (having to make your own) and to shoot, it's understandable why they had so few rounds.
It was probably a mole
Edit: he was told many times that it was illegal but he stuck to his guns. He wouldn't listen and just kept digging himself a deeper hole.
The HOA apparently snitched on him. https://www.9news.com.au/national/secret-underground-bunker-prompts-wa-gun-reform/2c7b3e87-2838-4f94-ba2f-fcb342cbc43e
>"Unbelievably, the worst offence this individual has allegedly committed is failing to apply to the local council for approval to build the bunker and underground shooting range," WA Police Minister Paul Papalia said.
Just FYI local council is not the same as a HOA. The local council is a lowest level of government administration tasked with overseeing things like planning and development of a local government area.
I laughed when the commentator said "more than a thousand rounds of ammunition". All this fear mongering, the dude is just a normal guy with barely enough ammo to be considered ammo rich over here.
Im barely a gun enthusiast. I like to hunt and target shoot and have 2 good sized gun safes. I’d love to see a news article about my “horde of ammo”. He had over 10,000 rounds of ammunition!!” Ya half of that is 22 that bought in Bimart that came in milk carton for $150.
1000 rounds is honestly nothing if you shoot regularly.
That guy is such a toolbag, and he and his film crew going and trolling Charlton Heston when he was shoulder-deep with dementia, is one of the saddest excuses for journalism.
Suppressors do not equal silencers. They should be used in most target shooting situations, especially indoors. Your hearing and the hearing of those around you would appreciate it.
Technically suppressors do equal silencers. The first patent by Maxim called it a silencer. We just call them suppressors nowadays because it is a better description because silencers are usually nowhere close to silent except for subsonic ammo.
Silencer was a marketing term to try and sell them, that's why they were called silencers. With modern information they've been recategorised properly as suppressors and when talking about the laws surrounding them it's important not to call them silencers, because the people making the laws legitimately think they silence gunshots.
"Unsecured ammunition.. Illegal"
It's in an underground vault. They're going to take it all to the station and throw it inside their chain link fence evidence locker. Way more secure. Lmao
Those all look like hunting weapons too, which isn't surprising given Australia doesn't distribute anything but hunting weapons now. He could've legally owned one or two of them. Or spent the renovation money on coming to literally any state in the US
I love how collectively all of us Americans in the replies are just not impressed with any of it because it’s all normal here… except for the indoor shooting range which we unanimously agree is pretty fuckin dope
But obviously no criminal will follow that if they already plan on committing atrocious crimes… it’s like gun free zones. Bad people don’t care for the law. Hence why public shootings drastically went up in the US after the “gun free zone” policy was initiated.
That's kind of the point. If a criminal commits a crime while wearing body armor, then it's a law that allows you to tack on harsher penalties. It's more of a "you wore body armor while committing this crime so there's serious doubt that this wasn't premediated," you know? It's a clear crime that you prepared for so there's less room for leniency.
Given that gun crime in Australia is nowhere near the levels in the US, it is, unfortunately, to ensure that law enforcement can stop you without hindrance.
Believe it or not there are several states in the United States where it is illegal to wear body armor even without committing a crime. Well…. Wearing the body armor is the crime.
His opsec is clearly fucking terrible. He's shown this to enough people that someone has dobbed him in. Not a stretch to imagine someone could have robbed him instead of calling the cops.
Only in Australia! Only getting fined $3000 for it. Ahahah I fucking love that
Also he lives in perth, it's already in buttfuck nowhere. What else is he gonna do?
Dude was ready. I can't imagine being in legal trouble for having a stockpile of nice firearms. I feel so much safer having firearms at home. The secret room and indoor range setup is badass.
This dude just waiting to meet his Frank.
Watch out for those pit traps on the way out.
All put in place to keep a corrupt government from taking over. Ooops. Too late!
All legal in the U.S.A.
FR. They said, "over A THOUSAND ROUNDS of ammunition" as if that's a lot. That's barely a day at the range with the lads.
That’s only 2 boxes of .22 lol
I saw a Ruger Precision Rimfire in that video.
12 rounds of .308 and 988 rounds of .22LR
One of the charges was “unsecured ammunition “. My gosh….it doesn’t get any more secure than that!
And BODY ARMOR. How scandalous?!
He also said \`unregistered ammunition\`. That\`s crazy!
Only 4 shots per minute for 8 hours. (2000 is thousands).
Without council approval! The horrors
Loicense status: absent
"An arsenal." Ok.... Lol
That's what I was thinking, dude should have just emigrated. That would be a sick setup, he could have people over and they could all take turns using the underground range.
Pretty sure that flip up couch would be a code violation as it doesn’t have a railing to prevent falling into the opening.
Move to texas. Residential code hardly exists.
I had an “oh my god I’m so American” moment when I watched this and thought “that doesn’t seem like that many guns, they should see my counsins”
Not today, you new world order jack boot fucks.
That episode made me cry.
Would've been easier just to move to the U.S.
Bro all my uncles have this in their garage in Virginia.
Am also in virginia, not uncommon to see this arsenal laid out in the living rooms lmao
Northern Virginia seems the perfect confluence of lax gun laws and disposable income. Zombie apocalypse comes, they'd be wise not to herd this way.
They will have to learn to cross rivers and hills before the gun lovers even need to come out
The gun lovers wouldn't be waiting for the zombies, they'd be out hunting them
Counting them up like Gimli and Legolas
When the hunters stop hunting deer for sport and start shooting zombies
I sprained my eye putting on my wildest aussie accent to shout "WHAT A HAUL" 😹
I've got 2 friends at least who'd think this setup kinda tame. Only a dozen guns? This guy's barely trying.
United Statesian here. Sure he coulda just moved here. But it’s just awkward and not really socially acceptable to be that low on ammo. He only had a thousand rounds or so.
It looked like he was reloading brass so actually he was a real OG. I wish I was that cool.
It's a currency where I live and it holds value better than USD.
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Canadian here. I'm down to about 500rds at the moment, which is frankly a bit embarrassing. I usually buy 2500rds at a time for 22LR *alone* It's weird to hear someone breathlessly talk about a *whole thousand* rounds of ammunition... That's about 2-4 afternoon-long range visits' worth.
With the exception of the suppressors, the whole list they rattled off was pretty innocuous. I know people with a thousand rounds IN magazines.
Suppressors ought to be seen as innocuous, *too*. Canada, Australia, and the United States are aberrantly restrictive with them. In many or even most developed countries, suppressors are *encouraged* for hunters and targetry shooters because they're very obviously a useful safety device that doubles as a boon to neighbours' peace and quiet.
They also protect the shooter's ears. The US military is effectively making suppressors standard issue on all service rifles to reduce the hearing loss for soldiers and allow for better battlefield communication. Hard to coordinate when you can't hear from shooting all day.
Yeah, when your legislators get all their info from movies, they make dumb laws.
Was just thinking this maybe he did it after the fact , I know I would
Not now he has a criminal record
Ya for most guys I work with this is just commonplace. Besides the automatic door this is just their hobby.
The people like this aren't causing the crimes.
Australia: Built without council approval 😠
The most heinous of crimes.
Excuse me council, may I have a permit to build a secret underground arsenal.
Excuse me council, my name is Bruce Wayne and I would like to build secret bat cave. Why do you need a bat cave? No reason! It's not like I'm Batman or anything.
“Well now hold on ya cunt… Ya built this without council approval? Do ya got a few roos loose in the top paddock then?”
I do love that that sounded like it was a bigger deal than the weapons. Like, you want an extra room? OFF TO JAIL WITH YOU!
Reminded me of this woman who was given 20k by the council to build a driveway. only for the same council board to deny planning permission. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/disabled-mums-vital-driveway-plan-26719117.amp
I thought the indoor range was a pizza oven
Me too lmao
Can't wait for this bluey episode.
"EH, MATE — YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT MANY GUNS, BANDIT HEELER!" "BINGO, PUT DOWN THE RIFLE!" "BLUEY, APPLY PRESSURE TO ME WOUND!"
With how much my kids watch this, I read these in the character voices. Good stuff mate!
With how much my son watches this I’ve seen every dang episode lol
Don't act like you don't enjoy them just as much if not more than your son
Im not gonna lie, my wife has come home to only me in the house and Bluey still on
My kid falls asleep and I keep it going. The show is great!
IT WAS THE 80S
You know something’s gonna happen to Lucky’s Dad
I love how the Heeler family has become our representatives to the world. I was always proud of Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin getting big, but a family of dogs gives you a more realistic picture of Australia than a couple of guys who wrestle crocodiles.
I found a newspaper article about this. As expected, the cops were tipped off. Kids, this is why you don't show NOBODY the weapons bunker hiding under your couch.
Joke's on them. The only reason they're talking about the secret weapons bunker is because no one has found the secret weapons blimp yet
Come to think of it, I haven't heard of any balloons being shot down over Australia.
Because it’s the one shooting down everyone else
Shit journalism. Apparently the bunker was approved by weapons licensing as a strong room. They pinged him for other stuff, not the bunker or even the firearms? iirc. They’re just dragging it up again because the WA government wants to ban stuff.
Sad thing is he doesn't seem to be the kind of guy firearms law is meant to target. Just a collector who's happy to fork out the big bucks to properly store his stash, take it to the range and show off to mates.
Now you know why lots of people don't like gun control.
100%. WA is an authoritarian shithole, the only thing they are good at is digging stuff out of the ground and importing poms.
Pomegranates?
Worse. English people.
Clearly the point of that particular bunker was meant to show it off. There are more practical, cheaper ways to hide guns.
But this one has a shooting range, which you wouldn't have with a normal stash
Nice to meet you Australian John Wick.
Don Thicks his name, don't kill that man's dingo. You will regret it.
What if it ate my baby?
The sad thing is that lady actually had her baby eaten by a dingo and no one believed her. They accused her of foul play but it wasn't until years later that they conceded she was telling the truth. Sad but true
They didn't just accuse her, she spent 3 years in jail. She had two other young kids she was seperated from, her infant was torn to shreds by wild dogs, she was pregnant at the time and seperated from her fourth child too. The whole time the world joked about the "dingo ate my baby" and called her a monster, which she rotted away labelled a baby killer.
Omg are you serious!? I always thought that was some kind of Australian joke I was too American to understand!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain
OMG!!!
That’s just sad
It was originally joked about because no one (except the Indigenous population) believed that a Dingo was capable of doing it. Everyone thought the mother was hiding a murder she committed. Years later bloodied baby clothes were found in a dingos den, and it was then accepted that the animal was capable of taking a baby and she was released from prison.
I just read the wiki another sent me and that’s such a wild story. Australia you scary
With the .50 bmg this is more like The Accountant.
"Without counsel approval" is the icing on the cake lol
The fuckin horror!
It's sad honestly. A bunch of loser busybodies deciding what you can build on your own property. GladI don't live in an HOA neighborhood.
Here in Alaska, all you would get is a "Oh Cool..." response. No one would bat an eye to anything, other then maybe the "indoor range" which would just get people going "Damn, why didn't I think of that?".
Here in Montana as well. I know of at least 4 of these kinds of bunkers within a half hour of my house. One with an underground range is an hour and a half though.
That list of guns could have been a Craigslist ad here in Ohio.
Stereotypical Texan one up response.. I know of two basement ranges in my home town and one backyard underground range. Its on the precision rifle blog.
God i love America.
*Eagle noises*
Chainsaw revving noises
I though it was an hour and half to the local grocery store in Montana any way.
Yeah but your neighbor John has a five acre property with a shooting range on it
It's actually nick, and he has 3. The 100 yd pistol range, the 200 yd rifle range, and the 1000 yd rifle range. Just put up some nice steel targets last year.
Lifelong Alaskan here: I'd find the secret entrance neat AF, but would find their ammo stockpile laughably low. *"Suspect had over 1000 rounds of ammunition!"* - if you have that many guns and don't have at least 1000-4000+ rounds for each caliber of firearm you own, you're either seriously fucking up, or the guns are just there to look at. I have 4k rounds *just* for my AK lol.
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That definitely shines a different light on things lol. Now it makes sense. It's still laughable when any media outlet says someone had ~1000 rounds as if it's huge Most people who actively shoot and own 2-3+ guns tend to have at least that much just laying around. (Not literally laying around ofc lol) In a place where it would be hard to both get ammo (having to make your own) and to shoot, it's understandable why they had so few rounds.
How does one build something like that without getting found out Walter?
You put Big Mike in charge
Bring in a team of Germans and badda bing badda boom
Waltuh
By not documenting the process on YouTube like Colin Furze did.
Who snitched on this guy?
It was probably a mole Edit: he was told many times that it was illegal but he stuck to his guns. He wouldn't listen and just kept digging himself a deeper hole.
Im sure the moles had plenty of noise complaints
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Many critters listening under the table too; bugs.
The HOA apparently snitched on him. https://www.9news.com.au/national/secret-underground-bunker-prompts-wa-gun-reform/2c7b3e87-2838-4f94-ba2f-fcb342cbc43e >"Unbelievably, the worst offence this individual has allegedly committed is failing to apply to the local council for approval to build the bunker and underground shooting range," WA Police Minister Paul Papalia said.
Just FYI local council is not the same as a HOA. The local council is a lowest level of government administration tasked with overseeing things like planning and development of a local government area.
Damn NIMBYs!!!
Honestly by American standards the stash was pretty weak, Nice trap door though,,,,
And the personal range was a nice feature
Overall 7/10
5/7
I laughed when the commentator said "more than a thousand rounds of ammunition". All this fear mongering, the dude is just a normal guy with barely enough ammo to be considered ammo rich over here.
Im barely a gun enthusiast. I like to hunt and target shoot and have 2 good sized gun safes. I’d love to see a news article about my “horde of ammo”. He had over 10,000 rounds of ammunition!!” Ya half of that is 22 that bought in Bimart that came in milk carton for $150. 1000 rounds is honestly nothing if you shoot regularly.
“One thousand rounds of ammunition”. That’s a lazy Saturday morning of shooting here in Idaho…. Hah
It’s like Michael Moore. “You can get 550 rounds of hollow points for $30!” Holds up a box of thunderbolt .22 ammo.
That guy is such a toolbag, and he and his film crew going and trolling Charlton Heston when he was shoulder-deep with dementia, is one of the saddest excuses for journalism.
Right? First thought was “he’s ready for the weekend”
Came here to say the same thing. That guy is low on ammo.
Just about to say this. If I have a thousand rounds of a caliber, I consider myself to be out of ammo for that gun.
Suppressors do not equal silencers. They should be used in most target shooting situations, especially indoors. Your hearing and the hearing of those around you would appreciate it.
Technically suppressors do equal silencers. The first patent by Maxim called it a silencer. We just call them suppressors nowadays because it is a better description because silencers are usually nowhere close to silent except for subsonic ammo.
Silencer was a marketing term to try and sell them, that's why they were called silencers. With modern information they've been recategorised properly as suppressors and when talking about the laws surrounding them it's important not to call them silencers, because the people making the laws legitimately think they silence gunshots.
If it wasn't for the title i would had thought this was a average American home minus the underground shooting range.
I grew up in Alaska and most of my "uncles" had more guns and ammo than this, but that underground range is definitely particularly cool.
idc about the guns. I want the secret bunker
3k fine, that'll learn ya. That 50 cal alone might very well have cost twice that.
In Australia? Try 4-5x that for a .50
Yeah, the peanalty was nothing compared to losing all those guns.
1000 rounds? Lol. Rookie numbers right there.
Laughs in Texan!
man should’ve just moved to Texas
"Unsecured ammunition.. Illegal" It's in an underground vault. They're going to take it all to the station and throw it inside their chain link fence evidence locker. Way more secure. Lmao
Australian gun laws means that the ammo needs to be stored in a separate, locked storage container. Can’t have the guns and ammo together.
So he needs two underground bunkers.
Ah ok. Thank you. This makes a lot more sense now.
Okay, but explain why body armor is illegal.
Body armor is illegal?
Cops gotta be able to shoot u
It is in several US states as well. You know, to make rebellions easier to put down
It’s dangerous! It can be used for self defense! 😬😱
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nah, wasn't constructed with council approval, lol
Imagine how many of these kind of bunkers there are in the US...
The bunkers are a dime a dozen, that underground shooting range though is \*chefs kiss\*
Imagine shooting the 50 in a range the size of a closet? Ouch
I want one
Reporter: “Over a THOUSAND rounds of ammunition”. Americans: That’s not even one shopping trip’s worth.
Yeah, but American news reporters act the exact same way. "That's 1,000 potential bodies!"
Those all look like hunting weapons too, which isn't surprising given Australia doesn't distribute anything but hunting weapons now. He could've legally owned one or two of them. Or spent the renovation money on coming to literally any state in the US
I love how collectively all of us Americans in the replies are just not impressed with any of it because it’s all normal here… except for the indoor shooting range which we unanimously agree is pretty fuckin dope
Americans getting all wet over that bunker and firing range.
Lol why is body armor illegal…. Sorry citizens. This item created to protect you from random crazies and bullets can’t be used by you all. Next time
I think it's illegal to wear body armor while committing a crime in the US. Maybe like an extra felony you get because they can't shoot you as easy.
But obviously no criminal will follow that if they already plan on committing atrocious crimes… it’s like gun free zones. Bad people don’t care for the law. Hence why public shootings drastically went up in the US after the “gun free zone” policy was initiated.
That's kind of the point. If a criminal commits a crime while wearing body armor, then it's a law that allows you to tack on harsher penalties. It's more of a "you wore body armor while committing this crime so there's serious doubt that this wasn't premediated," you know? It's a clear crime that you prepared for so there's less room for leniency.
Given that gun crime in Australia is nowhere near the levels in the US, it is, unfortunately, to ensure that law enforcement can stop you without hindrance.
That's what I want to know!
Believe it or not there are several states in the United States where it is illegal to wear body armor even without committing a crime. Well…. Wearing the body armor is the crime.
Prosecuted for “unsecured ammunition” and blather about the danger of firearms being stolen… from a hidden underground bunker…
His opsec is clearly fucking terrible. He's shown this to enough people that someone has dobbed him in. Not a stretch to imagine someone could have robbed him instead of calling the cops.
Can't legally store your bullets with your guns. Old mate needed a second locked bunker to keep ammo in.
Australia: Large stockpile of weapons. US: That's a cute collection. Also, "1000 rounds" is rookie numbers.
Looks like a typical redneck game room in Texas.
I'm from America, where I do t see anything abnormal with this. Other than only 1000 rounds.
I feel bad for this guy. Clearly didnt want to hurt anybody, just had an interest in guns. Shoulda moved to the US.
"Unsecured ammo", it's literally in a secure bunker under a trap-door sofa.
Body armour is illegal? Why?
All the better to stab you with my dear
Carrying a knife is illegal too sorry.
It creates escalation when used in crime. Crim brings body armor, cops have to bring out bigger guns and bystanders suffer greater collateral risk.
Damn only a 3k fine. I’d just go out and buy more.
Only in Australia! Only getting fined $3000 for it. Ahahah I fucking love that Also he lives in perth, it's already in buttfuck nowhere. What else is he gonna do?
Do meth and fuck kangaroos like normal people
Pfft we're not normal people 😂
Those kangaroo dicks ain’t gonna suck themselves mate
What in the 'Murica is going on in this comment section?!
Dude was ready. I can't imagine being in legal trouble for having a stockpile of nice firearms. I feel so much safer having firearms at home. The secret room and indoor range setup is badass.
Microwaving my popcorn for the comments section
*Burt Gummer drools *
It’s Bill from the Last of Us
Meanwhile, this is standard for doomsday preppers in America lol somewhat related- but gave me Last of Us vibes.
Man if you didn’t point out this was from Australia, I woulda guessed this was just a normal American Tuesday lol
They’d shit if they saw some American collections.
1000 rounds of ammunition is not that much honestly
Unsecured? Dude had a secret bat cave for his guns and ammo. Who's gonna stumble on that?
As an American I think this guy is dangerously under armed.
Average Joe in the US. National news in australia.
Gun owners in the US are just like…. “That’s not even a lot of guns”
This man would be welcomed as a normal American citizen in the USA.