You are a latecomer to Australia. My Dad arrived in Sydney in June of 1899, took a buckboard to Queensland to work on a cattle station. They were still shooting out aborigines even then… As for not coming to the US, anybody can make a bad choice. As another poster has said, yes, Australians DO think differently than Americans. That is why good 'ol Oz is turning into the Socialist Workers Paradise.
I think we can rightly say that both Australia and America are equally guilty of apartheid, lets just leave it at that.
God willing! But that’s another thread
God willing? Great! In the Socialist Workers Paradise everyone only starves a little. Hello!!! The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991!I think we can rightly say that both Australia and America are equally guilty of apartheid, lets just leave it at that.
God willing! But that’s another thread
If you care to go that far back we can say that your ancestors were shouting Indians and displacing them from their lands.
I think that is enough. We are not here to fight over our past, only for our future. So far the overwhelming majority feels gun control does not work. This is generally accepted as common sense in the US, except by some politicians and lobbies for big government. Thanks everyone for your opinion and we will see what others think over the next month.
As I said, that’s another thread. Like these ones for example.God willing? Great! In the Socialist Workers Paradise everyone only starves a little. Hello!!! The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991!
Your point is? I thought that all the sheep were in New Zealand.
The only time that I “shouted” an Indian was in a bar in San Diego. He shouted me one back and we became good friends. I found out later that he had a lot more land than I did!
Gun control in Australia has always involved registration and background checks (as im sure it does in the US). However after a number of mass shootings, particularly the Port Arthur Massacre in which an assault rifle was used there were additional restrictions on the types of firearms that could be owned by civilians. Some examples may include…
Levi I have had a need to travel a fair bit over the last 2-3 years and we do have the most beautiful and generally peaceful country on earth. Every time I arrive at the airport (Tullamarine) I feel like doing a John Paul II (kissing the ground). I was in London (conference) the week of bombings and felt so afraid. Its a different type of feari I cant even explain it.I love that you live in Victoria but still refer to them as the “eastern states”, a true West Aussie!
Couldn’t agree more.
But we have to understand that Australians have a very different attitude towards guns. When the gun buyback was performed it was supported by over 90% of the population, and that only 5% of gun holders contested the issue. It was the single most popular political policy in our history.
It just goes to show how different our beliefs are from those of conservative Americans.
Here, here kids. Let’s not continue slinging insults at one another. We all have our opinions and each is entitled to one. I have always find it a complete waste of time to try to change another’s mind on anything. All it does is lead to frustration and anger and it accomplishes nothing.
I have been to Mass Mary and peace works in all counties and peoples and nations. To have a need for weapons, guns, means that there is a constant threat. And no body is safe when they live under a constant threat. Remember even Jesus said those who live bu the sword die by the sword. If you want the freedom to he armed then you have to accept the freedom others have to shoot the said guns and generally at other human beings.
I have called the police 3 times in my life. In all 3 cases, they were **very **slow in arriving (over an hour). By that time, the events were over.
Is that typical for your area? The police forces in America aren’t that bad are they?
I don’t know the statistics for response times. I can only report my personal experience.
As I mentioned earlier, We have guns to protect us from both criminals and a tyrannical government. This is the way our country was set up. I did not immediately respond to the post about my “logic being flawed” because my anger was immeasurable and I’m afraid I would have said something seriously regrettable.
Response time here is generally 5 - 15 minutes in an emergency, with 10 being the average. We have a lot of rural areas, and the outcry would be enormous if many more police were hired. You have to understand, we do not want the police, nor do we need them. We do not want the laws, but we are stuck with them. It is hard now to avoid breaking the law, yet we walk that fine line everyday. If our society is what you call “progress”, I want no part of it. This kind of progress is truly evil.
I think this could be why most Australians cannot understand the American attitude towards guns, because our nation was formed out of a vote rather than a revolution, we see no need to arm ourselves.(That wasn’t meant to sound condescending)
Thats ok, no problem.
Today the US military would not fight for long against it own. Most of the fighting then would be is pockets with police. Eventually they will run and the only thing then would be limited resistance. This is why every time they get wind of an anti government group they come down hard, to prevent any of that. We will not fight, unless our Rights as guaranteed under the Constitution are taken away. I say, If I can’t have my second they can’t have their first. The government will find reasons to strip all rights, once the guns are gone. This is the slippery slope of politics. Our leaders are not meant to have that kind of power.
