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Fears for police safety after data shows Melbourne gun crime on the rise
9News.com.au ^
| 07/07/2015
| ninemsm
Posted on 07/07/2015 7:58:11 PM PDT by aimhigh
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So, how's that gun control working out?
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posted on
07/07/2015 7:58:11 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: aimhigh
About the same as it is here.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:01:03 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Blue lives matter)
To: aimhigh
Thought guns were illegal in Australia?
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:02:19 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
The guns are evil.
Not the felons that have stolen and used them.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:04:35 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: Vendome
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:07:31 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: aimhigh
Can’t be true, you can’t have a gun in Australia unless you are a criminal, than its just fine
To: Vendome
Not illegal, but damned hard to get one legally.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:14:30 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: aimhigh
I’ll bet that the rise in crimes with guns is in direct correlation with the number of immigrants.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:17:20 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
And I thought that people feel much safer once they were disarmed?
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:22:37 PM PDT
by
dvan
(Send Them Home!Napolatono)
To: Vendome
A myth.
This is my local gun shops website.
We do have some very silly restrictions, but law abiding citizens have no difficulty getting a basic gun licence for basic longarms, and you can get more advanced licences (such as handguns and semi-autos) if you are willing to do the work.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:23:48 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: aimhigh
Why does having ice make things dangerous for Oz cops? Criminals want their ice? They kill for ice?
That’s cold man.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:24:00 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: dvan; Sarah Barracuda
See my reply above this one. The idea that guns are banned in Australia, and that Australians are disarmed is a myth.
We do have some dumb restrictions, but it’s nowhere near that bad. There are over a million people with gun licences in Australia, and millions of guns in the hands of private citizens, with shops selling them in almost every town.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:25:41 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: tumblindice
Ice is the term most commonly used in Australia for what tends to be called ‘Crystal Meth’ in some other countries. Just in case you really were wondering.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:27:22 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
I would assume that there are any number of legacy firearms.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:28:04 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: dvan
Fools do feel safer when they are disarmed. Many people actually do believe that the gun will cause them to shoot themselves or someone else.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:28:08 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: Paladin2
There are plenty of those around as well - some correctly licenced and registered. No way of knowing how many others.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:28:48 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Fungi
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:29:43 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I bought a new gun this morning. It wasn’t hard at all.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:30:37 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: aimhigh
Just two years ago, 9,000 guns were confiscated in New South Wales from organized crime, outlaw biker gangs, and midlevel criminals. And, the same thing happens across all of Australia. This push is to fight “out of control” gun violence prevalent there. This has happened since the ban. Criminals are smuggling guns in from overseas by the boatload to arm criminals. The can still find guns easily.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:32:11 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: naturalman1975
From what I have read you have to show “good cause” or “special need” to purchase a gun.
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posted on
07/07/2015 8:36:03 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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