Posted on 12/18/2016 9:47:14 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
In 2014, foreign tourit’s spent $29 billion dollars in Australia. I think Australia will wise up when tourism starts to tank.
Mr. Kelly is useless. And of course, the Australians can not be armed.
A new target should be added to the repertoire of big game hunting.
I would have to say, why don’t the Australians see what this will lead to, and take precautions. I must say the same about Americans.
I presume it is Australian liberalism that is leading to this debacle.
Not true. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are some significant restrictions on carrying weapons, but there are millions of guns in private hands in Australia.
Webpage for my favourite Australian gun shop.
I really find it amazing how many Americans have been misinformed about Australian laws. It just shows how easy it is to lie to people.
We have significant restrictions here - universal licencing and universal registration among other things - but private ownership of firearms remains perfectly legal.
Well I sure hope they identify them most severely!
Cut the stock and barrel to fit under your arm and hang to your belt line. Spray paint a rough finish on it for solid gripping and you are ready to go.
“We have significant restrictions here - universal licencing and universal registration among other things - but private ownership of firearms remains perfectly legal.”
So, private gun ownership is no longer a right. It’s now a privilege. Ability to own a gun is decided by your government. Very sad.
But having acknowledged that, it's Americans who seem to want to keep telling us we've had rights taken away. Most Australian gun owners don't really feel that licencing and registration is a significant impost - we have similar rules concerning cars and driving (and I believe the US requires both car registration and licencing as well). If you're a law abiding citizen or permanent resident of Australia, owning firearms isn't difficult. It's so easy that the idea we've had our rights violated seems odd - it's Americans who seem to be so worried, not us.
We have plenty of other problems with our gun laws - mostly based around bureaucracy and paperwork and issues like storage. I'd much prefer a looser approach as I know does apply in much of the United States - I prefer your system to ours - but it's really not that bad.
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and the erosion of those rights concern me far more than our gun laws - and I am a gun owner who does take that seriously.
“Most Australian gun owners don’t really feel that licencing and registration is a significant impost - we have similar rules concerning cars and driving (and I believe the US requires both car registration and licencing as well).”
Thanks, very interesting for sure. I extracted the above from your comments because it is the rationale used by many here in the U.S. who don’t understand the difference between a Right and a Privilege. But, as you pointed out, we have the Second Ammendment in our constitution. Btw, when expat’ get in China my family and I spent Christmas/New Years holiday in Australia awhile back, mainly Sidney and Melbourne. Those two were the only two places we had time for as we were only in-country ten days. Would like to spend more time there someday, really like your country and the people; friendly and outgoing and a bit rowdy - same as we Texans, lol :)!
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