Australia: Man 'who could bring down New South Wales government' shot dead

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/6147184/Man-who-could-bring-down-New-South-Wales-government-shot-dead.html ^ | 9/6/2009 | Bonnie Malkin in Sydney

[TNdandelion]

Hope he made copies. Tragic for the child to see that.

[OneWingedShark]

I hope he had multiple “in the event of my death” clauses in place, preferably even some overseas.

[Frantzie]

Note: Labour Govt aka Liberals aka socialists.

[crazydad]

Coming to a Journalist in your town soon!

[penelopesire]

OMG!

I hope he got the information into someone’s hands that can get the truth out.

[buccaneer81]

Michael McGurk, a well-known loan shark,

Occupation always lends credibility...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Thats a terrible thing for the child to see.Unreal.

[dalebert]

just like the thugs running our country

[spokeshave]

But...but...I thought all the guns were confiscated.....?

[tlb]

Things never change in New South Wales. To illustrate:

Fifteen years after the HMS Bounty mutiny, William Bligh was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia, with orders to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the New South Wales Corps, resulting in the so-called Rum Rebellion.

[dalebert]

good point...where did that gun come from?

[kaylar]

I like this last line from the article :

Mr McGurk made many enemies in his tough dealings, and believed he had a price on his head after a series of business disputes. He was also millions of dollars in debt.

You think given his "occupation", he would have known better .

[JimRed]

A Scottish-born man who was shot dead in front of his son in Sydney was in possession of a tape capable of bringing down the New South Wales state Labour government, it has been claimed.

Is it like here, Labour = socialist, communist, Marxist?

[naturalman1975]

Guns were not banned or confiscated in Australia. This is a myth that, for some reason, has gained a huge amount of currency in the US. Australia does have some quite stringent gun control laws (universal licencing, universal registration, for example) but guns are still legal and there are millions of firearms legally held by private citizens.

[naturalman1975]

Yes.

The Labor party in Australia is socialist.

The Liberal Party however is a conservative party (it is often in coalition with a second conservative party, the National Party).

[dalebert]

thanks for the gun info will pass it along...many do think you have lost your guns

[Dysart]

Damn that’s an old 46.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Guns were not banned or confiscated in Australia. This is a myth that, for some reason, has gained a huge amount of currency in the US. Australia does have some quite stringent gun control laws (universal licencing, universal registration, for example) but guns are still legal and there are millions of firearms legally held by private citizens.

Really? Oh that's wonderful news! I am so glad to hear that my friends down there didn't really have to turn in all their class D firearms (all semi-auto and pump action non-rimfire long guns as well as all handguns in meaningful calibers) like they said they did. I must say that I am greatly relieved to hear that it was all in their heads. And to think, they told me that all of you "subjects" were now effectively limited to pre-1890's firearm technology (bolt-actions and break-actions), and only then if you can prove to the government that you have a "genuine reason" to be graced with a permit for registration. Thank you for setting all of us Americans free from the "myths" we hold about the present state of freedom in your Utopian commonwealth. </s>

[naturalman1975]

Nice try at sarcasm, mate, but I happen to be Category D licenced (also handgun licenced, with a few A/Bs as well).

I live here. I know the laws. I know how they work.