Sorry, people -- they updated their site and took the article off ;-(
Coinneach: The pollicritters are on ONE side only -- their own! Especially with a State election in New South Wales coming up this month, gunowners are getting ready to be kicked again for political mileage:
From the Australian Broadcasting Commission website:
Democrats back calls for handgun restrictions
Saturday 13 March, 1999 (7:54pm AEDT)
The Australian Democrats have backed calls by the National Coalition for Gun Control for tighter controls on handguns.
The Coalition for Gun Control wants a ban on the import of semi-automatic handguns, citing their role in recent shootings in eastern Australia.
The Federal Government says there does not seem to be any need to tighten controls on handguns, because the weapons are already covered by the National Firearms' policy.
But Democrats spokesperson on Justice, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja says the laws are not stopping handguns from entering the country. (Emphasis added)
NO laws will stop guns entering the country!!! -- our esteemed authorities didn't even find a 100-foot fishing boat of refugees sailing in plain sight down the Queensland coast, until it was beached and the refugees walked into town to buy some fast food!!
