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dechucka wrote:
Would pre Howard gun laws done anything to stop the current
violence?
The current ones have not, so why were they changed?
You forgot to answer the question. Haven't seen any long arm
massacres
since Port Arthur iirc
the total homicides are not decreasing by any appreciable amount.
keep squirming
Don't need to, statistics beats phobic paranoid rhetoric.
Main statistic is no massacres using long arms since Port Arther,
rather
destroys your pov don't you think
people who seem to think that removal of the method of homicide that
they have a phobia about without altering the total homicides just
demonstrate their irrational fear about that particular inanimate
object.
What we have to do as a people is concentrate on the real causes of
homicide not what is used to commit them.
I totally agree with you. As a gun owner I am happy enough with the
current gun law but actually think that the "ban" on semi automatics
is a bit silly. Lets face it most people in Australia don't need guns
so licensing should be on a needs basis as it is now. One group who
should never be allowed to own guns imho is the "self defense lobby".
I see. So you are stating that self defense wouldn't be a legitimate
need?
In the vast majority of cases yes and those needs are covered by current
laws
I see....so in the vast numbers of cases in which someone is legitimately
in fear for their lives or serious injury....nothing happens?
Yep