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PM shuns US 'slavish love of guns'
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| Mar 1, 2006
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Posted on 03/01/2006 12:40:25 PM PST by neverdem
Prime Minister John Howard says he tightened gun laws after the Port Arthur massacre because he did not want Australia going down the same path as the United States.
Mr Howard, on the eve of his 10th anniversary in office, said the nation's grief over the 1996 Port Arthur massacre had been a great opportunity to tighten Australia's gun laws.
"I would call that very definitely an extraordinary outpouring of amazement and grief in this country and I knew out of that there was an opportunity to grab the moment and think about a fundamental change to gun laws in this country," he told the Nine Network.
Mr Howard said he did not want Australia to adopt the American stance on guns.
"I did not want Australia to go down the American path," he said.
"There are some things about America I admire and there are some things I don't.
"And one of the things I don't admire about America is their ... slavish love of guns. They're evil."
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: neverdem
"And one of the things I don't admire about America is their ... slavish love of guns. They're evil." No mention of the fact that the violent crime rate in Australia has INCREASED since the ban began.
Facts that are inconvenient are evil too, eh Howie?
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:27:14 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
To: neverdem
"after the Port Arthur massacre because he did not want Australia going down the same path as the United States."
What...pray tell is that path Mr. Howard? The second amendment which we hold dear? Mr. Prime Minister, pull your head out of your arse.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:28:26 PM PST
by
el_texicano
(Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots, useless idiots all)
To: neverdem
45-50% sounds like another govt WAG.
How would they begin to know ? - gun owners don't advertise & there's no space on the census form.
To: neverdem
They're evil
What an incredibly stupid remark.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:31:00 PM PST
by
Beckwith
(The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
To: neverdem
Who the hell does HE think he is.....GOD?
Lying sack of crap...sold his own people out to muslim violence...his own young female citizens to muslim rape squads and his own people out to violent criminals..
All 'Dictators' should come to the same end as Mussolini and Hitler...
Thank OUR founding fathers for sacrificing all they had to bring us the Constitution of the United States...and our Bill of Rights....and curse all who would seek to usurp it.
imo
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:31:51 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
To: neverdem
Well my opinion of Mr. Howard just dropped to zero.
A firearm is a tool. Until it is picked up and used, it's perfectly neutral in alignment. It's the hand that wields that tool that makes the choice for good or ill.
The only evil, Mr. Howard, is in the heart of man. If you're too damned stupid to grasp that simple fact, then there is no hope for you. Pity the poor Aussies who are led by a fool such as you.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:32:47 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: neverdem
I prefer a gun over a boomerang any day.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:32:58 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: neverdem
It is more a love of self defense/human life. The gun is a tool.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:34:18 PM PST
by
Galveston Grl
(Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
To: neverdem
No he'd rather take his country into the stinking cesspool that Euroarabia is swimming in.
Howard..
Howie..
Must be a connection.
Both are flaming retards.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:34:32 PM PST
by
Leatherneck_MT
(An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
.Slavish is rather extreme language.Orwellian actually. Right out of the Ministry of Truth.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:35:19 PM PST
by
Dead Dog
To: neverdem
Mr Howard said he did not want Australia to adopt the American stance on guns. Thats ok Mr. Howard. I feel the same about your stance so please keep them on your side of the pond.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:35:58 PM PST
by
beltfed308
(Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunnion.)
To: TheOracleAtLilac
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:36:35 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
To: TheOracleAtLilac
"Gun owners (& a slavish love of guns) in America is a minority position."
Watcha talking bout? 45/50 percent ADMIT to having/owning.....Wanna bet against the %age being much higher? You'd lose that bet FRiend.....
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:40:20 PM PST
by
litehaus
To: NinjaCowboy
To: neverdem
They're evil. LOL
What idiocy.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:42:43 PM PST
by
B Knotts
Now how could a thing this beautiful be evil?
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:42:49 PM PST
by
hang 'em
(GOT A COMPLAINT??? DIAL 1-800-HANG'EM-EATS-SHEE-EYE-TEE)
To: litehaus
I'd be interested in your source of #'s
I vaguely remember some reference to 90million(?) gun owners in posession of 300million(?) guns
To: neverdem
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:44:06 PM PST
by
Ohioan
To: neverdem
Congratulations Howard. You just lost a lot of my respect.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:44:39 PM PST
by
Paul_Denton
(Every single troll is now an enemy of the Republic!)
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