Don't make the mistakes we did

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Bruce in West Oz

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For those who think giving up a few rights to get the antis off your back is worth it, try learning from us in Australia.

In 1996, our government introduced some of the most restrictive gun laws in the free world, banning, among other things, all semi-autos (including .22 rimfire) as well as pump action shotguns, and introducing strict storage requirements (steel cabinets), widened police search and entry powers, requiring applicants for a firearms licence to show both "reason" and "need" for the firearm, and a 28-day "cool-off" period.

Fair enough? Not according to the Coalition for Gun Control:

"We have a handgun problem in Australia on two fronts. Firstly, semi-automatic and self-loading handguns are still available in Australia. They pose a great risk.

Secondly, these guns are frequently stolen, fuelling their availability for those people who have no respect for the law ....

Every illegal gun starts its life as a legal one ....

Our position is that semi-automatic and self-loading handguns (including revolvers) have the same propensity to do harm as semi-automatic and self-loading rifles and must be banned in Australia ... just as rifles are--other than for use by police ...

The Federal government should consider a buy-back scheme to compensate the owners of handguns affected by the changes. Any such scheme ought to conclude after the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000."1

See? They never have enough "control".

Bruce

1. Source: Australian Shooters Journal, May 1999, p. 9
 
The Federal government should consider a buy-back scheme to compensate the owners of
handguns affected by the changes. Any such scheme ought to conclude after the Olympic
Games in Sydney in 2000."1

See? They never have enough "control".

Bruce
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Why do they want to wait until after the Olympic games?




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Bruce Stanton
 
My guess is that trying to bring in the legislation so it took effect before the Games (remember, visiting competitors' guns would be banned, too, so all handgun events would be cancelled) would result in an international backlash and bad publicity. They don't like that -- they prefer to work out of the limelight. Bit like garden slugs, really ....
 
They will never have enough.

I once asked a seemingly nice young lady representing (then) NCBH, a part of the United Methodist Church, what kind of gun control would make her happy. She replied with a snarl, "I won't be happy until every one of you gun freaks is shot dead and the gutters run with your blood!"

Nuff sed.

Jim

P.S. Anyone think the other gun control types believe any different? Anyone think we can compromise?
 
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