Posted by LostBoyinNC43 on December 24, 2012, at 12:42:15
In reply to Re: The NRA, posted by jono_in_adelaide on December 22, 2012, at 17:00:36
Adeleide, Australia is not America. America has private ownership of firearms built into its most basic and highest law of the land. The United States Constitution. Guns will never be banned here, despite what the anti-gunners claim.
What happened in Australia is irrelevant to the USA. This is the land of the free, the home of the brave. Guns are great and lots of crazy people have guns here. Thats the way it is and nothing is going to change it.
Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"
> In Australia back in 2006, a mentaly deranged man enacted one of the worlds worst mass shootings at a small tourist town called Port Arthur.
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> In the aftermath, our (conservative, right wing) federal government passed laws that
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> *restricted assult rifles to the defence force and special police units. No more were allowed to be sold, and existing weapons were brought back by the government and destroyed
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> *persons wanting a firearm had to prove legitimate need (ie, farmer, hunter etc)
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> *target shooters could have ahdn guns, but they had to be stored in a gun safe at the gun club, they couldnt be taken home
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> *a person wanting a firearms licence had to be assessed by the police, producre references as to his good character, and there was a 28 day waiting period
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> The Prime Minister got a lot of flack from the far right, but he pusehd the laws through.
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> Since then, there hasnt been a mass shooting in Australia (we had had quite a few previously), also, gun related violence and suicides among young men have dropped dramaticly
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> I know America isnt Australia, but change can be effected if the will is there.
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