Australia 'won't go down gun path'

news.com.au ^

[Pagey]

But is Australia any safer? Homicides have increase 3.2%, assaults have jumped 8.6%, and burglaries have skyrocketed to 44%."

Thanks for those Stats.It's amazing how difficult it is for this P.M. to deal with facts such as these.

[freeeee]

It's amazing how difficult it is for this P.M. to deal with facts such as these.

Let's apply some logic.

The PM says he wants less crime. Yet he takes actions known to cause more crime. One must therefore conclude that either the PM is grossly incompetent, or he has an unstated, ulterior motive.

I believe the latter is the case.

[robertpaulsen]

"Just recently, the violent crime levels in England have risen during the past year by more than 15%. These results represent a continuation of crime problems in England that have been encountered since their gun bans took affect in the mid 1990s. The home invasion, burglary, robbery, and a wide range of other crime rates in England now exceed that of the U.S. Only murder and rape remain higher in the U.S., with the difference now being relatively minor and the gap is steadily closing. Even staunchly anti-gun journalist Dan Rather of CBS called England "one the most violent urban societies in the Western world." As many people are aware, England has long been an example cited by gun control supporters as having good gun control laws and a role model for the U.S."
---Jeremy D. Blanks, Ph.D.

You can also read more here.

[from occupied ga]

It is much better to follow the lead of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Pol Pot's Cambodia, North Korea, sad etc.

From the viewpoint of the politicians and bureaucrats in charge is is much better to follow the lead of Nazi Germany etc. The politicians and bureaucrats have it really good in places like that

[from occupied ga]

, how come I can't get one unless I can convince my local police chief that I have a "compelling need" for one?

Because you live in the disgusting communist hellhole of the Peoples' Democracy of Massachussetts Taxachussetts.

Move.

[Centurion2000]

AUSTRALIA would not follow the lead of the United States where everyone had the right to own a gun, Prime Minister John Howard has said.

Then Australia as a nation will die.

[from occupied ga]

Thanks for those Stats.It's amazing how difficult it is for this P.M. to deal with facts such as these.

Facts don't mean anything to gun control advocates. If gun control were based on fact, then there wouldn't be any. Gun control is more like a doxology to bureaucrats and other statists. The don't question it any more than a rabid Islamic terrorist questions Islam. In fact they have a lot in common with said terrorist in wanting so see American citizens lose their freedom and their lives.

[rockfish59]

MOLON LABE, jackass!

[Redcloak]

"And I've watched the way America has gone and we have an opportunity at least to try and not go down that path."

They should, instead, follow England down the path of public disarmament. They should try to take the title away from the Mother Country for the Industrialized World's strictist gun control laws. They should ban all civilian firearms.

(OK... OK... I know what you're thinking. You're wondering why Red, of all people, would be advocating a total gun ban for Australia. It's quite simple. I need another data point for my experiment. Pointing to the UK's skyrocketing violent crime rate is already a good argument against more gun control here. If, however, the results could be duplicated a world away, then the argument would be even stronger. Better still would be if the attempt to disarm the People resulted in Mad-Max-come-to-life violence and anarchy; what I believe would be the likely result of an aggressive disarmament campaign here. Of course, this means some amount of sacrifice from the average, law-abiding Aussie, but it's for a good cause. And as I'm fond of saying: Better them than us.)

[FourPeas]

Australia 'won't go down gun path'

Instead, she's going down the victim path. Crime has increased since the last Aussie gun grab, so the answer of course, is to get rid of more guns, thus providing more unarmed victims for the criminals. Perfect sense.

My husband's always wanted to visit Australia. I think we'll just enjoy it from afar.

[RogueIsland]

AUSTRALIA would not follow the lead of the United States where everyone had the right to own a gun

Neither did Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, and various and sundry African Edens at various points in the last 100 years, and such utopias they turned out to be.

[boris]

Australia does not have a Constitution with a Bill of Rights; specifically the Second Amendment, which guarantees citizens of this nation the right to keep and bear arms.

[MoGalahad]

Goodbye, Australia, it nice knowing you.

[libertarian_au]

these changes wont make any difference to any gun owners here.99% of handgun owners already are sporting shooters coz its the only way to get a semi-auto handgun in the first place.and it doesnt effect rifles.

im actually relieved because there was talk that there was going to be a ban on handguns full stop.

nothing howard is saying is going to really effect gun ownership here,and we're thankfully not as bad as enlgand YET.

[libertarian_au]

these changes wont make any difference to any gun owners here.99% of handgun owners already are sporting shooters coz its the only way to get a semi-auto handgun in the first place.and it doesnt effect rifles.

im actually relieved because there was talk that there was going to be a ban on handguns full stop.

nothing howard is saying is going to really effect gun ownership here,and we're thankfully not as bad as england YET.

[semaj]

"I mean I may fail but I make no apologies because I feel very strongly about it, and I think people all over the country do," Mr Howard said".

[philetus]

It will be interesting to see how Australia reacts as Islamics take over the Northern Territory and make it their own.


You can bet the Islames will be bringing their own guns.

[archy]

Most Australians hated guns, Mr. Howard said.

Most Australians hate Mr. Howard. Perhaps he'll go the way of PM Harold Holt.

-archy-/-