Good to see you've come to your senses, Panther.
Panther wrote on Aug 27
th, 2015 at 5:53pm:
|dev|null wrote on Aug 27
th, 2015 at 3:21pm:
Panther, a combination of factors have made that zero a reality
1. Change in the types of guns generally available to every Tom, Dick and Harry. No semi-automatic guns means less chance for a gun nut to go crazy with them and kill "three or more" people at a time.
Queensland permits semi-automatics, & they are available elsewhere too. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/crime-and-police/gun-licences/about-gun-licences/ They are only available to primary producers and must be stored safely and used appropriately. They are not generally available for every Tom, Dick or Harry to purchase and misuse.
Quote:|dev|null wrote on Aug 27
th, 2015 at 12:40pm:
2. Change in types of guns and licensing conditions. Firearms owners have been woken up. Their assumption that they have a right to own a firearm has been demonstrated to be false. They need to prove their need, they need to be a member of a firearms association and they must demonstrate their skill with and ability to safely store a firearm. They treasure their firearms and their licenses much more as a consequence.
So your gun owners, because of Australian Gun Laws, are all completely sound of mind now & forever?
Yes and no. Generally I'd say they are less of a worry rather than no worry at all. Baron and yourself are two cases in point.
Quote:They will never let their cheese slide completely off their cracker, go grab their legal gun, load it, & take out their temporary insanity on an unaware pack of strangers?
That isn't possible?
Why?
All because, as you stated, they treasure their firearms so so much, pass tests on gun usage & storage, & belong to gun clubs????
It decreases the chance considerably. Much better than the US where no proof is required for a purchase, there are no waiting periods and everybody has a supposed right to own a firearm and therefore can have their cheese slide of their cracker with frequency.
Quote:|dev|null wrote on Aug 27
th, 2015 at 12:40pm:
3. Heavier sentencing and more firearms checks, means that lax/recalcitrant gun owners have been penalised.
This, you believe, stops mass firearm murders & keeps sane people sane does it?
Why?
Simply because of compliance penalties & 'gestapo like' unannounced storage checks????
Yep.
Quote:So, those are your specific reasons why there haven't been any Gun massacres since 1996.
They are some of the reasons why we haven't had a firearms massacre. You appear to have failed to produce a reason why we haven't had a firearms massacre of the scale of Port Arthur since 1996.
Quote:By your reasoning then, you are saying that because of the laws on the books you specifically noted & described, there could never be another gun massacre in Australia.
Or, are you trying to conclude that the gun laws have made it more difficult, & if a once sane gun owner went berserk tomorrow, none of the present day firearms permitted by law, to be owned anywhere in Australia, could ever be used to perpetrate a massacre?
The type of firearms make it much more difficult. I am sure there could be a determined, well trained firearms owner who decides to "let his cheese slide off his cracker" one day and takes it out on the rest of society. Will you be happy that day? Will you dance with joy? Will you hold a party?
Quote:I have to guess you probably never fired, or seen fired, a bolt action rifle like the Marlin XT-22R, or a Lever Action Henry, or one of many 6 shot handguns available.
Correct.
Quote:Somehow, I don't think your logic should make Australia feel all sorts of warm & fuzzy....
On the other hand, gun laws or none, after passing strict criminal & mental health background checks, the law abiding Australian people should have the right to protect their lives & property with the weapons of their choice, not the choice of their government's.
You've displayed no evidence (nor have any anti-gun posters on this bulletin board) that Australian gun laws actually work, except
repeating ad nauseam that there haven't been any gun massacres since the 1996 Port Arthur killings, even though the fact is evident that there has always been the potential for any deranged nutter to secure a firearm from Australia's vast inventory, & perpetrate destruction with excessive casualty.
You've actually proven the case that it's not about guns, it's about absolute government control over a population it has no trust in.
In a word "bullshit". As always, you refuse to look at the evidence. Laws are designed to punish transgressors rather than prevent crimes amongst criminals from occurring. That has always been the case, no matter what you may believe. You break the law, you pay the penalty. So, how many gun massacres in Australia since 1996 again?