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'Toughest gun laws in Australia' to be introduced in WA after shooting at Perth school

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  1. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    The "toughest gun laws in Australia" will be imposed in Western Australia after a 15-year-old boy allegedly fired a rifle on school grounds, sparking a lockdown in Perth.

    WA Premier Mark McGowan today vowed to reform the Firearms Act following the arrest of a teenager who allegedly brought two rifles to Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks yesterday, firing multiple shots.

    He said the scenes were "not a thing you expect to see happen in Australia" and promised "dramatic reform" to reduce the number of guns in the state.

    "This is the thing you see on television in the United States," the premier said.

    "We are moving as quickly as we can to dramatically reform gun laws."
    He said there are currently 360,000 licenced firearms in the state, and that the number had "increased in recent years".
    "That's far too many," McGowan added.

    "We need to stop ourselves falling into that terrible abyss that America has fallen into.

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    A different approach.
     
    Melb_muser, May 25, 2023
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    More proof that Gun Free Zones = Killing Zones

    When will they ever learn?
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    We've looked to the success of the American model and said "nah, we'll try something else".
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    (Almost) zero metal detectors at Australian schools. We would like to keep it that way.
     
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    Aesop continues to be proven correct.
     
    Turtledude, May 25, 2023
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    Feel free to talk as much **** as you'd like, and feel free to disarm yourselves still further.

    Its a terrible ****ing idea, but you're free to self determine.
     
    Reality, May 25, 2023
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Exactly. We'll do it your way and you do it yours and we'll test the measure of success at the end.
     
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    which is meaningless because gun banners never admit all the benefits lawful people derive from owning guns.
     
    Turtledude, May 25, 2023
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    The American model in our high crime zones is virtually the same as the reactionary Utopian model imposed by the Australian state.
    The people are not allowed to carry concealed handguns so that criminal predators are empowered to attack the innocent with little risk to themselves.

    Power to the People is progressive. Power to the the police state is Fascism.
     
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    Australia is now a Gun Free Zone, IOW a killing zone where only the police and criminals carry guns.
    It takes several armed guards to prevent the slaughter of children in schools whenever predators know there will be no immediate armed response to an attack.
     
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    One trigger pull changes laws for half a continent.
    Can you spell OVER-REACTION?
     
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    Keep in mind the covid lockdown in Australia. Australia is becoming even more of a country of sheeple.
     
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    bed wetting. "WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING"
     
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    Meaningless for whom?

    You can still pack a semi-automatic on a farm with due justification in Aus.
     
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    I have no use for governments that prohibit the people from owning the same weapons that governmental employees are issued for use in civilian environments
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    This is a dystopian fantasy. Doesn't apply to our neck of the woods. Thanks.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    It's called nipping the issue in the bud.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Here we go again.

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    Every state that abandons Power to the People is creating its own dystopian reality.
     
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    "Progressive" Utopian fantasies lead directly to a very dystopian reality.
    In fact, they are reactionary and anti-progressive.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    The state is composed of the people of the state. What is the evidence of a dystopian state as a result of our gun laws?

    Some would suggest all of those kids being shot every year in the US and security checkpoints at schools as evidence of a dystopia.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Donor

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    Again, this is a dystopian fantasy - a conjecture about the future that never happens.
     
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    Soaring crime, including gun crime.
     
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