by Ziege » 11 Dec 2020, 12:39 pm
not to mention their s**ty petition, been up for ages and so far only her echo chamber has commented and signed it... 52 people out of 24million lol...
We are constantly given this narrative that the general population don't want guns, but this simply isn't true, the sheer volume of people I meet that are astounded at the misinformation is evident of it, most have at least some interest in shooting and guns, especially as the world becomes more unstable.
I myself have introduced at least 100+ people to gun ownership in the last 5 years and that's without trying. Most of them believed prior that guns were banned altogether in australia thanks to the likes of teachers, uni professors, and social assholes like GCA. Once they found out that they can legally and recreationally own a firearm they were down the local shop throwing $100 bills around and swiping their credit cards quicker than their accountants could blink.
There is a very keen interest in firearms in this country, as there are in lots of nations world wide. its nothing to be worried about or ashamed of, its a past time, a hobby, a sport and a means of income protection and occupation for others by means of pest control, security and so on. Firearms only have a positive influence on society when in the hands of vetted individuals (outliers exists but every rule has an exception), the problem exists with illegal firearms, none of which we want in society and we are all too happy to be involved in limiting the availability of these as we are the good guys also.
Shooting is one of the fastest growing sports in this country, if it keeps its current trends we will have in excess of 30% of the population either co-owning, owning or participating in firearms and shooting by the year 2040. we are currently over 10% of the population and if you add in other marksman sports, namely archery, we are well in excess of 24% already.
Its about time the media be given the message that vilifying people on behalf of zealots like the very un-factual and opinionated GCA will not be tolerated, I for one would like to see the SSAA, NSA, and other various bodies like ACTA and WAPA and so on do their part more actively to encourage newcomers to the sport, stop out the fudd-ism that is rife with the wallflowers and so on, and lobby against these "interest groups" that spew lie after lie in support of their entirely emotional and irrational beliefs, defaming others (us) to suit their agenda, their lies and misinformation needs to be forced out of publication and addressed post haste when espoused to political groups and other influential bodies.
But most of all everyone who has that mate who might just get interested in guns, or that relative or that co worker, or whatever. get them keen, get them licensed, get them down the range or out bush hunting, The more of us there are the more insurmountable the task of these idiologues get. they will give up.