I don’t think you can have certain guns like handguns or AR style. There was someone on TBH from Australia that talked about only having a lever 30-30.
I don’t think you can have certain guns like handguns or AR style. There was someone on TBH from Australia that talked about only having a lever 30-30.
Worst mass shooting since 1996 - Seems like a better record than ours, no ?
How does that stack up proportionately according to population?
That’s not the point. Everyone wants to compare the US to them (you can’t), but when it does happen, they don’t call it a mass shooting.
I’m just merely pointing out the bias in the media.
I don’t think you can have certain guns like handguns or AR style. There was someone on TBH from Australia that talked about only having a lever 30-30.
Apparently you can own them but they have licenses per style of firearm so if you want to own multiple types (shotgun, pistol, rifle) you're going to need a lot of licenses and the requirements to keep your license are pretty involved...but it is possible. From the article:
Category A is .22s, shotguns and air rifles. That’s the easiest license to obtain. No semiautomatics are allowed.
Category B is for center fire rifles. You have to provide a reason for why you need a more powerful gun. I shoot feral pigs and foxes; that’s a valid reason. Again, no semiautomatics.
Category C is available only to farmers; they can own a semiautomatic shotgun or .22 but the cartridges are limited to five shots for the shotgun and 10 shots for the .22.
Category D, for semiautomatic guns and rifles, is only for professional shooters: you have to have a registered business and prove that you are earning an income through shooting.
An H license is for handguns. If you want to buy a pistol in Australia you’ve got to be a member of a target pistol club. You’ve got to do a minimum of eight competition shoots per year to keep your license. If you don’t, you lose it.
Category G is for collectors. For that you’ve got to attend at least one meeting per year.
Worst mass shooting since 1996 - Seems like a better record than ours, no ?
How does that stack up proportionately according to population?
They never had very many gun issues before the ban. It was triggered by one mass shooting. Everything they've done since then has been designed to prevent another one. Oh well, I guess that failed.
But, in my opinion it is not a gun issue, it is a cultural issue. Our culture has a tendency to produce more of these types of things, but its not do to guns. Take guns away and they will use pressure cookers as bombs or vehicles to run people over. I think the point of all this is well made........You can't solve violence by going after guns. Guns are simply the method. You must address the root cause, not the method
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