[naturalman1975]

I love this idea that we are disarmed in Australia.

There are at least a million legally held firearms in private hands in Australia.

Personally, I have one of these:

and one of these:

as well as a number of basic hunting rifles. And I could own more, but I've only got two hands so these will do.

It's certainly not rosy here for gun ownership - universal licencing and registration, for example - and my handgun is a .38 because having anything heavier is complicated for reasons that make very little sense. But we're not disarmed, and plenty of places in the US has some stupid rules as well.

[JimRed]

My apology is offered; I don’t know how I got that disinformation. How about concealed/open carry laws? When you talk about stupid rules, our state of New Jersey requires that you “prove a need” to carry a weapon to the satisfaction of a sheriff’s department bureaucrat. Unless you are politically or socially connected, the “proof” is seldom sufficient. A clear infringement upon our second amendment.