I trust my fellow Australians because they are Australians and not Americans.  They know they don't live in the Wild West, unlike Americans who believe they need to murder each other with gay abandon...   

"Rights" must be recognised in order for them to exist.

I trust my fellow Australians because they are Australians and not Americans.  They know they don't live in the Wild West, unlike Americans who believe they need to murder each other with gay abandon...

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Not so, you have a right to the air you breathe and the time nature (God)gives you to live on this earth. No one has a right to deny you that, at least not without due process!

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I don't live in the Wild West either and stay out of the Barrios and Ghettos. Call it racist but white Americans don't commit violent crimes at a rate any higher than other majority white nations regardless of gun laws! Those that do have been overwhelmingly liberal, the Media would dearly love to be able to report that Conservative voting NRA members were the shooters! But then this isn't about me or our laws, it is about yours.

What is wrong with looking at the whole of your gun laws? If something has never been a problem and has little likelihood of ever being one why regulate or ban it? Are you Citizens or Subjects?

Our gun laws are too young to need revision along the lines the NRA wants.  We want fewer guns in our society, not more and definitely not owned by gun nuts who believe in killing their fellow citizens.  Run along, back to your WIld West society, back to where violence is accepted, where people are taught to hate one another and have the means to carry out their hatreds.

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I shutter to think what could happen if one of your citizens were found on a public place in possession of a boomerang.

At what velocity does a pellet gun become a firearm or a cross bow and how many crimes have been committed with each?  Does the Italian reproductions of percussion and flintlock firearms have the same restrictions as modern design firearms?

Firearm types
Pneumatic firearms

Pneumatic firearms are commonly referred to as air guns. Some firearms have rifled barrels and some do not. Most are not fitted with any type of safety catch. They come in various calibres however mainly .177 or .22 and there are pneumatic pistols and rifles available in these calibres. They are usually single shot firearms although some gas operated models have magazines.
Break open firearms

Break open firearms are usually single or double barrel shotguns in various gauges but can include some rifles and handguns. In most cases there is a lever on the rear of the action or top tang. Generally moving this lever to the right allows the action to be opened.

Usually firearms of this type will have the safety catch located at the rear of the lever that opens the action making it readily accessible to the shooter's thumb. Some models have no external safety catch.
Bolt action firearms

Bolt action firearms are usually a repeating rifle or single shot in almost every conceivable calibre and can include some shotguns. They may have a fixed or removable box magazine, hinged floor or tubular magazine under the barrel or in the butt of the firearm. These firearms can be easily identified by a turned bolt, with the bolt handle usually on the right-hand side of the action. The bolt is raised and drawn to the rear to open the action. Safety catches are normally found at the rear of the action behind the bolt handle or near the trigger guard.
Lever action firearms

Lever action firearms are usually manually operated repeating rifles and can be identified by the cocking lever under the action of the firearm. They usually have a tubular magazine under the barrel or movable box magazine. They are available in a variety of calibres.

Downwards movement on the lever opens the action. Most of the western style rifles will not be fitted with a safety however the newer models have been fitted with a push button safety just in front of the hammer.
Pump action firearms

Pump action firearms are common in shotguns of various gauges but can also include rifles in rim fire and centre fire calibres.

They can be identified by a sliding fore end that is drawn to the rear to open the action. They can be fitted with a tubular magazine under the barrel or a box magazine. Most have a safety catch located near the trigger guard.
Self loading firearms

Self loading firearms are available in a large variety of rifle calibres and in shotgun gauges. They are usually identifiable by a small cocking handle which usually protrudes to the right-hand side of the breech bolt. They may be fitted with box or tubular magazines and can vary greatly in ammunition capacity.

Self loading firearms are also referred to as semi automatic firearms as each press of the trigger cycles the action automatically. These firearms will operate in one of the following manners: blowback, gas operated or recoil operated.
Fully automatic

Most fully automatic weapons take the form of general purpose machine guns fed from either a cloth or disintegrating link belt, or sub machine guns of varying size and styles. They usually have a large capacity box or drum magazine. Most have a select fire switch to allow either semi automatic or full automatic fire. Some military rifles have selective fire capacity.
Single shot rifles

A boomerang is not classed as a firearm Mort, learn the difference. Never been a mass school shooting in Australia Mort, how many in your country just the last year. Get a grip man.