“we do not carry guns in Australia”
Too right! You gave them up, willingly.
Not meaning to harsh, but Aussies came from a different cultural history than Americans.
We are citizens, and you are subjects, until a moment ago.
In the time since the American Revolution, the powers of the Monarch have steadily decreased. It's largely a ceremonial and symbolic position now. Parliament is supreme.
OTOH, in the last few years, your Head of State (and Head of Government) has increasingly taken on the trappings of an absolute ruler. Congress has been diminished. The SCOTUS was recently attacked.
Fairly accurate statements allround. Other than for hunting purposes I have never felt the need to own a gun in this country.
‘The times they are a changin’ as the old song goes. Still the amount of illegal guns in Aus is reasonably low - I suppose that is one of the good things about being an island continent - it’s not so easy to smuggle them across a border.
Mel