> Oh, are you going to cite Australia? They collected a laughably small amount of guns from the population during their gun ban.
Gun ban?
In Australia?
That's news to me and I've lived here since 1960 and currently live next door to my father who's been here since 1935.
I'm guessing you're referring to the time when Australian Gun Laws were made uniform across the entire country .. and Queensland and Tasmania were pulled into line with other states.
Now, as before, 12 year olds can join gun clubs in Australia, and they can buy their own guns when they reach maturity - the onerous requirements to own a gun here are not dissimilar to those required for a drivers licence or to handle poisionous or explosive materials.
Regulation works, you see from the number of mass shootings in Australia since we introduced uniform regulation, in twenty+ years we've had fewer than you can count on one hand .. somewhat less than the 50+ the USofA has had in January 2023.
I agree that making guns harder to acquire doesn't stop crime - that's a foolish notion.
But it absolutely reduces gun crime by a significant degree.
For your entertainment, here's my actual real life neighbour in the West Australian wheatbelt doing his annual 5,000 yard shooting exercise.
It's worth a look for the flight path drone footage.
Gun ban?
In Australia?
That's news to me and I've lived here since 1960 and currently live next door to my father who's been here since 1935.
I'm guessing you're referring to the time when Australian Gun Laws were made uniform across the entire country .. and Queensland and Tasmania were pulled into line with other states.
Now, as before, 12 year olds can join gun clubs in Australia, and they can buy their own guns when they reach maturity - the onerous requirements to own a gun here are not dissimilar to those required for a drivers licence or to handle poisionous or explosive materials.
Regulation works, you see from the number of mass shootings in Australia since we introduced uniform regulation, in twenty+ years we've had fewer than you can count on one hand .. somewhat less than the 50+ the USofA has had in January 2023.
I agree that making guns harder to acquire doesn't stop crime - that's a foolish notion. But it absolutely reduces gun crime by a significant degree.
For your entertainment, here's my actual real life neighbour in the West Australian wheatbelt doing his annual 5,000 yard shooting exercise.
It's worth a look for the flight path drone footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owwTz7Z0OE