Gun Control in Australia - Watch and Weep

When a country takes away guns from its citizens it's in big trouble as they are finding out in Australia.

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• gun control
• australia
• NRA
• abuse of power
• united states gun control

[crankabit]

byron ... when the government takes guns away from it's good citizens then only criminals and the government will have guns. Don't trust the government to protect you.  The government must be kept in check by the people. Like the saying goes, "When seconds count ... the police are only minutes away." No, you need to believe in the goodness of the majority of citizens and protect their right to keep and bear arms.

[crankabit]

"If you own a semi-automatic gun or shotgun you're likely a nut anyway." Wow! What are you some kind of a nut? There are evil people out there .... I intend to greet them with a bazooka if necessary. Law abiding citizens who own guns are not the problem. You need to get a grip on reality.

[wadsy069]

@40172 I'm from Australia and I get more and more disenchanted as time goes on with the way things are here. This is basically a socialist dictatorship where you have no rights other than what the Government says you have. I grew up in a time of personal freedom and choice (I'm 51 now) and this has slowly been eroded over the years by the nanny state mentality of the various politicians of ALL ilk. Sad as I look at my kids and realise they will miss out on so much unless things change here.

[VirtualR]

This was flagged as spam below by someone who doesn't believe in free speech, so I'm going to post it again:

"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead." (Adolf Hitler: Chancellor's Speech, 1935)

And I'll add, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[WillShakespeare2007]

@VirtualR - Actually I owned two properties until very recently in Fort Myers Beach and fortunately most Americans are fantastic people. You just happen to be a gullible fucking idiot that believes some fake Hitler quote you found on the internet. But fortunately you do not get to decide who visits the U.S. or owns property there. The irony is I bet I have paid ten times the tax in the U.S. as you have you fucking half wit.

Oh and pointing out someone's wrong does not make a person "bitter".

[VirtualR]

@WillShakespeare2007 Stay in the UK then, we wouldn't want such a bitter asshole like yourself in this country.

[WillShakespeare2007]

@VirtualR - The funny thing is I bet you actually believe this quote is true don't you. You gun nuts have fucking led for brains. You always use fake facts like this report and then add fake quotes like the one you have here.

The U.S. has the most guns of any first world nation and the most gun deaths of any first world nation. 35,000+ gun deaths each year. In the UK we have a total ban and 40-50 gun death per year. Those are the facts.

[gwyllamelle]

Here in Australia just about all methods of restraing assailants are illegal.The louts know this and take advantage of it.I've survived 2 home invasions,several assaults and 2 attempts on my life.We used to be aloud to defend ourselfs by any means practical.Including with firearms.This has gone.We're now prisoners in our own domociles.If it can happen here it can happen any where.

[fuzzenaval]

@crankabit - Just a thought;

Good lawful people don't kill people, Criminals with weapons do, and Countries that disarm their own to enable the Criminals, make… them... Criminals as well, right? This sounds like collusion to me. The US Gov with (NDAA - and - ATF "Fast and Furious") and the UN (Small Arms Global Treaty) are trying hard to remove the same freedom /rights from the citizens of many countries as we speak.

[tseitz123]

Look, the WHOLE point of the 2nd Amendment and private gun ownership is NOT hunting!!! THe whole purpose is to be a line of last defense against an out of control government that gets tyrannical. It is not only our RIGHT (in the USA) to own guns, but also our DUTY to throw off anyone and any government who would pervert our Constitution and our GOD GIVEN rights. If you ban guns, ONLY the criminals will have them!!! Criminals do NOT obey the laws and will NOT give up their guns.

[3PICDenaro89]

Some people like airsoft guns so y the fuck does the government take it away, take some o them away but not sniper airsoft guns

[morjan11]

Old but still very relevant, we have drive-by shootings in the news almost daily these days. Pretty awesome huh?

[specialks1953]

Libs want our guns and fools do nothing!

[reefergladness]

gun-crime in Australia has TRIPLED since the buyback scheme..

you know why? because the crims said "you know what, i think i'll keep mine"