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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
I don't think you understand Australian culture which makes me think you've never been here.
Firstly, you've ignored that statistics about gun deaths in this country since we got rid of semi-automatic weapons.
That doesn't surprise me, but you don't understand that we don't pull guns on people in this country. If you have a problem with someone you may have to sort it out with your fists but that's usually as far as it goes.
We don't have drive-by shootings here. We don't even have people on the streets holding out empty polystyrene coffee cups begging for money.
And that's the way we like it... and those are the facts.
Gun control works... accept it.
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Firstly, I didn't even raed your article. Second, no I haven't been to Australia, so you're right...I don't lknow the culture. What you're saying above is only in urban areas in this country whichjleads me to believe either you've never been here or you've never been to a major metropolitan city here, and you're getting most of this from movies & TV.. Most of the country is not like this except for trhe wack-os here & there that shoot up the schools.
Maybe gun control works if nobody else has guns...and hey, that's great. But I live in one of the biggest cities in this country & it's illegal to own a hand gun in this city...and yet a lot of people have them & use them w/o blinking an eye. Personally, I wouldn't want to be caught w/ my pants down. I hear gun shots all the time in my neighborhood & it's not honest, innocent people out walkin' around shooting guns.
So, to wrap it up...gun control only disarms the honest & innocent.