Hey...if banning,or nearly banning gun ownership works for the Australians than who are we to question it? I wonder if that's the proper way to judge the "worthiness" of an Aussie politician.There are many,many other yardsticks that one could use.
Oh, I wasn’t being critical, just asking. I have no idea how popular that position is in AU. I do know Howard had his plate full with internal terrorist threats, seems gun ownership would have fit right in.
We're conservatives who understand that keeping the right to defend ourselves is the key to keeping a free society. That's who we are.
And since Australia is a key ally and a big part of the free world, we have every right to comment on their politics. Hence the existence of this thread.
Many of us believe that the means to self defense is a basic human right, not just a U.S. Constitutional right.
banning guns works? for what? we have the right to own guns to protect against tyrannical govt.