Because if they were limited to one handgun a month, they wouldn't be able to complete their collection.

Why would they have done anything. Some just refused to register their guns.


What I was referring to was the handgun registry of 1934. The long-gun registry came in around 2002 I think, and obviously it had nothing to do with anything, because 97% of the gun being registered were hunting guns. Obviously it was a huge faliure, and a waste of money.

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Yes what is your problem with firearms?

Do you think if you gave australians guns we would go rambo? i for one certainly wouldn't.

I do target shooting every week. If were not allowed to practise shooting what will we do for the olympics? not compete?

Nothing to do with guns. This is because of Americas higher crime rates. (caused by more poverty and racial tension) Please show me evidence linking guns to homicide rates. Your argument is one dimensional.

Guns are a medium for homicide not the cause and as C-D-P mentioned 4 times as many people are killed with knifes than guns in America. (doesn't add up seeing all americans have access to knifes but only half have guns???)

This is poor gun storage and safety it's a reason to promote gun training and safety. (especially for children)

There is nothing wrong with guns. Promoting safe use of guns at a young age is if anything beneficial to ensuring the safety of our children. Crime and violence have nothing to do with guns. If you think guns are the source of crime and hate please show some evidence instead of being insulting.

We australians arn't wimps. We just don't know any better yet. Give it time Billy.

I got a question fer ya brother. Why are most of your women so anxious to get with us when we get off the ship? They were literally throwing phone numbers at us.

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The National Science Foundation announced the following study results on U.S. military recreation preferences:
1. Sport of choice for Marines: bowling.
2. Sport of choice for Sailors: football.
3. Sport of choice for Soldiers: baseball.
4. Sport of choice for Coast Guardsmen: tennis.
5. Sport of choice for Airmen: golf.
Notice how the farther down the list you go, the smaller their balls get.

The kids who shot up Columbine and Virginia Tech had full intent to kill. They knew what they were doing. There was no misuse there. Teaching them how to use the gun will enable them to use it irresponsibly.

And those children were deeply disturbed individuals. They fell threw the cracks. It also seems that they had little to no education in regards to firearms. Had they, they may have viewed them differently.

You would be up in arms if you were not allowed to have kids because a few parents killed theirs.

Additionally, if Virgina Tech were not a gun free zone. Those students that were murdered would have been afforded the ability to protect themselves.

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The National Science Foundation announced the following study results on U.S. military recreation preferences:
1. Sport of choice for Marines: bowling.
2. Sport of choice for Sailors: football.
3. Sport of choice for Soldiers: baseball.
4. Sport of choice for Coast Guardsmen: tennis.
5. Sport of choice for Airmen: golf.
Notice how the farther down the list you go, the smaller their balls get.

Why do you want a gun then?

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Have you ever stood toe to toe with someone that was intent on kicking your arse? C-D-P

In 1996, a ban on semi-automatic weapons was enforced in Australia as a result of the Port Arthur massacre and several similar incidents in the 80s and early 90s.

Since that ban - there has been only one similar incident (2002 at Monash Uni in Melbourne when 2 peolple were killed and 5 wounded)

How many innocent Americans have been killed by heavily armed nutters in schools or shopping malls since 1996?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

DON'T.

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Have you ever stood toe to toe with someone that was intent on kicking your arse? C-D-P

I guess not. Come back when you can be civil. We can talk then.

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The National Science Foundation announced the following study results on U.S. military recreation preferences:
1. Sport of choice for Marines: bowling.
2. Sport of choice for Sailors: football.
3. Sport of choice for Soldiers: baseball.
4. Sport of choice for Coast Guardsmen: tennis.
5. Sport of choice for Airmen: golf.
Notice how the farther down the list you go, the smaller their balls get.

Where did I limit things to just criminal activity?

I quoted 5 times more accidental deaths involving fierearms, and almost 5 times more total deaths from firearms in the USA then Australia.

That is not acceptable

Why would crime go down with the 1996 gun buy back?

Relatively few crimes in Australia involve guns, and the idea of owning a gun as protection against crime is very very rare here. We have never had a "constitutional right" to own a gun, and most people never have. Most in fact (like me) have never even seen one up close, let alone handled one.

Why would the 1996 buy-back have any impact on crime in general?

It has stopped random shootings by loonies though.

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Have you ever stood toe to toe with someone that was intent on kicking your arse? C-D-P