Lionel Edriess wrote on Jul 6
th, 2016 at 9:44pm:
I'll hazard a few statements, based purely on observation and keeping abreast of the news.
1. There are now more registered guns in this county than in '96, and more illegal guns.
There are no semi-automatic longarms or pump-action shotguns in private hands legally, since 1996, Lionel.
Quote:2. There have been more reported shooting incidences since '96 than the previous 20 years.
Evidence, please.
Quote:3. I would estimate that 90% of reported shootings since '96 involve illegal or stolen firearms, and are committed by unlicensed offenders.
Evidence, please.
Quote:4. That the laws enacted in '96 have done little to curb mass shootings, only that is has delayed the inevitable.
It has stopped massed shootings (for the most part) since the 1996 gun laws were enacted.
All the mass shootings which have occurred since 1996 have occurred with legally available firearms.
Quote:5. That the next mass shooting will be carried out by a 'disaffected immigrant' with an illegal, and/or unlicensed weapon.
Your Xenophobia is showing through, Lionel. Tsk, tsk. Considering that Martin Bryant was a native born Australian citizens must be hard for you to accept...
Quote:We have more to worry about, in this country, than the number of licensed weapons, and/or owners.
Australia is actually pretty unique, Lionel. We are a (generally) happy, cohesive, Multicultural nation, despite the best efforts of Xenophobes and Islamophobes to try and drive wedges into our community. Tsk, tsk.