by Jandamurra » 05 Apr 2017, 4:25 pm
@ The Greenwold and Gwion
I have no idea why some people want to go around deciding on others' behalf what they do and do not need.
If I was a small business owner on the Gold Coast, I may feel the need to carry a handgun or two. Tough luck for me, of course. Unlike politicians, ordinary members of the public can't decide they need a gun for self-defence and then easily obtain one.
How do we know any gun-toting politicians actually need a gun for self-defence?
I know in my hypothetical example above I said "feel" the need for a gun, which is not the same as objectively having a need. However, the two things could very well coincide and I have a hard time understanding how someone else can decide for someone whether they need a gun or not-on what basis-feelings?
Some feelings are more equal than others.
Is there any hard data about accident reductions resulting from the 1996 laws?
I look at high gun control hell holes like Brazil and South Africa. Their intentional homicide rates are extraordinary and it's only common sense that their gun accident rates would also be through the roof.
Look here-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate .
As for the blaming one gentle, mentally-challenged man for a crime that required planning and inside knowledge, we should al be long past that by now.
One brief problem among many-the false drug stash that turned out to be washing powder (unless it wasn't?).
-First ever in the area
-It happened to be a radio dead spot; how convenient
- If Martin Bryant did this all on his own, to my knowledge there is no placing of this activity in the official timeline. When did he plant the washing powder, when did he find the opportunity that day to make a phone call to Nubeena Police Station? Funny how no-one saw him in a phone booth and there is no mention that he had a mobile phone that day.
-Also funny how no recording of the phone call was ever released. Wouldn't this be quite useful in persuading the public of his guilt?
The issues with 28/4/1996 simply can't be dodged, however much the government wants people to forget about it and deride anyone who asks questions as a conspiracy theorist.