13-05-2025
Gun-toting Aussie's wild plan to overhaul new firearm laws - and the very BIZARRE threat facing the country
A Texas-based Aussie woman advocating for gun rights has built a 'war chest' of hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight strict firearm legislation.
On March 31, Western Australia 's government introduced laws limiting how many guns people can own to the horror of 'shooters'.
The legal change set out mandatory offences and orders, compulsory safety training, health assessments and new storage requirements.
But Kate Fantinel, a former WA senate candidate and podcaster about gun rights under 'Lady Liberty', launched a grassroots campaign to oppose the 'fascist' laws.
Her GoFundMe, which has raised $174,000 since January, was set up to cover the costs for a law firm to produce a letter outlining the issues with the legislation.
On Tuesday, she updated her followers on the legal case while sitting in front of an American flag which quoted the Second Amendment 'right to bear arms'.
In the video shared to YouTube, Ms Fantinel said her team in WA was working on a 'Letter of Opinion' and assured viewers the donations had not been 'gambled' away.
'It turns out that the wheels of justice (do) turn slowly,' she said, describing the lengthy process as a 'baptism of fire'.
'This is a high profile, politically-charged, sensitive case. We are talking about challenging gun laws in Australia. Of course, it was going to be toxic.
'Of course there were going to be people with the knives out as soon as they got any chance so I didn't realise (the timeline) would be as bad as it was.'
Ms Fantinel apologised for the slow movement but confirmed the Letter of Opinion, which expresses legal conclusions on a matter, would be coming soon.
She said she is considering using the excess money from her campaign to hire a lawyer to fight against firearm laws after the letter is produced.
Having moved to Texas earlier this year, she regularly joins the podcast of her employer Dan Behrman, an activist and former 2020 US presidential candidate.
Behrman, who legally changed his middle name to All-Tax-Is-Theft, has previously told Ms Fantinel that the WA gun laws put Australia at risk of invasion from the Indian Ocean, The West Australian reported.
'It's only one ocean so you could imagine the Somali pirates could by all means come and invade mainland Australia if you get rid of all your guns,' he said.
Ms Fantinel moved to Texas earlier this year and told her followers in an emotional YouTube video that she had fled Australia the way her grandfather fled fascist Italy.
'My grandfather migrated from Italy after the fascist destroyed his country. I feel like I am going through a similar thing,' she said.
'And yes, it's not been as explicit as what happened in Italy, but fascism is in Australia and that's what's happening in WA.'
Ms Fantinel unsuccessfully ran as a senate candidate for Perth in the 2022 federal election as a member of a 'version of the libertarian party'.
She said she ran a 'pro-gun campaign' after WA Police released street maps which showed a heavy concentration of gun ownership in metropolitan areas.
The activist claimed this was a form of 'doxing' gun owners, publicly sharing personally identifiable information of a person or group without their consent.
