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Post by Oldbloke » 13 May 2023, 3:10 pm

I find this interesting. Uncertain of accuracy. Number of firearms per 100 people.

USA 120.5
AU 14.5

% of house holds with firearms
US 42%
AU 6.2%


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimat ... by_country
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Post by No1Mk3 » 13 May 2023, 4:05 pm

I think this is a very sad indictment on Australia. 51st???? Even bloody Liechtenstein is nearly double us!!! C'mon people, BUY MORE GUNS, we cannot just rest on our laurels.
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Post by Oldbloke » 13 May 2023, 4:59 pm

Soo,
Only about 1 out of 16 households have firearms.
And average number per house hold must be 2 or less. ????

For me these are surprising statistics.
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Post by deye243 » 13 May 2023, 5:25 pm

Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago
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Post by Oldbloke » 13 May 2023, 5:31 pm

deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Sad, but true.

Now WA is trying to reduce hunters to 5 firearms only. It'll never end.
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Post by Lazarus » 13 May 2023, 5:45 pm

deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Remember the 60s?

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Post by deye243 » 13 May 2023, 6:29 pm

Lazarus wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Remember the 60s?

Oh, for a time machine...... :violin:

I'm old not prehistoric :lol: :lol:
I was born in mid sixties but don't remember it seventies on the other hand Lucky I survived Without blowing myself up :crazy:
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Post by Lazarus » 13 May 2023, 7:16 pm

deye243 wrote:
Lazarus wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Remember the 60s?

Oh, for a time machine...... :violin:

I'm old not prehistoric :lol: :lol:
I was born in mid sixties but don't remember it seventies on the other hand Lucky I survived Without blowing myself up :crazy:


You young whipper-snappers don't know what you missed.

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Post by Tomotron » 13 May 2023, 9:30 pm

Oldbloke wrote:I find this interesting. Uncertain of accuracy. Number of firearms per 100 people.

USA 120.5
AU 14.5

% of house holds with firearms
US 42%
AU 6.2%


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimat ... by_country

I don't think a survey is reliable for guns owned per capita. If only we had access to state and territory data or ACIC data. I think the number here is higher than that. There's also buyback statistics from 1998, the only known such source.
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Post by womble » 14 May 2023, 2:43 am

Well said Tomotron. We don’t have access to the data because the number is much higher. That’s deliberate.
We’re led to believe there’s not enough of us to have any influence.
But you only have to see the amount of transactions in your lgs to realise the figures don’t make sense. That particular store is mostly servicing its own locality only.
Bandt’s recent trip to the US to investigate the gun culture there because why? Because he knows.
Because he wants to know what he’s up against when the two majors in Australia are the greens and labor. That’s what comes next and it’s coming fast.
The cashed up bogan generation is rediscovering their love for guns and it’s snowballing.
On top of that the management of civil firearm ownership has been so horrendous with poor legislation that we continue to grow the number of unregistered firearms.
WA is case in point. You will only be permitted to register 5. Foolish as ever.
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Post by deye243 » 14 May 2023, 2:43 am

Lazarus wrote:
deye243 wrote:
Lazarus wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Remember the 60s?

Oh, for a time machine...... :violin:

I'm old not prehistoric :lol: :lol:
I was born in mid sixties but don't remember it seventies on the other hand Lucky I survived Without blowing myself up :crazy:


You young whipper-snappers don't know what you missed.

https://www.dailycare.com.au/good-livin ... d-to-today

I suppose I come from the modern age I even had a X Box as a kid .

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Post by bigrich » 14 May 2023, 3:43 am

deye243 wrote:
Lazarus wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Remember the 60s?

Oh, for a time machine...... :violin:

I'm old not prehistoric :lol: :lol:
I was born in mid sixties but don't remember it seventies on the other hand Lucky I survived Without blowing myself up :crazy:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :drinks: :thumbsup:
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Post by bigrich » 14 May 2023, 3:46 am

i noticed ukraine was 88th on that list . i wonder if russia wouldv'e been as keen to roll in if ukraine had USA style proportion of gun ownership. ;)
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Post by Oldbloke » 14 May 2023, 11:18 am

bigrich wrote:i noticed ukraine was 88th on that list . i wonder if russia wouldv'e been as keen to roll in if ukraine had USA style proportion of gun ownership. ;)


9.9/100. Even lower than us.

I agree, high gun ownership most be some sort of deterrent.
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Post by northdude » 14 May 2023, 11:45 am

Oldbloke wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Sad, but true.

Now WA is trying to reduce hunters to 5 firearms only. It'll never end.

What happened to that thread
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Post by 5-0 » 14 May 2023, 5:27 pm

Well I only seem to account for more than 100 of my fellow countrymen. Wonder what the numbers look like for owning more than one? like what is the average number of firearms a owner has.
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Post by NorthWester » 15 May 2023, 10:26 am

What happened to that thread


If you are referring to the one where which I posted regarding WA moving to limit to 5 firearms for hunters and 10 for competition, I have no idea. It looks like it has been deleted. It's no longer in my posts record, not in the WA section and I've not received a PM to say it has been removed for any reason.

Really strange. Only thing I can think is I provided a link to Sporting Shooter's blog rather than copy and paste the post. Perhaps Links are not allowed?
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Post by northdude » 15 May 2023, 11:06 am

Yea that one. Maybe my post possibly touched a nerve?
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Post by NorthWester » 15 May 2023, 4:38 pm

northdude wrote:Yea that one. Maybe my post possibly touched a nerve?


I missed it. Might also be due to the upgrades too.
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Post by Bazz » 16 May 2023, 2:42 pm

NorthWester wrote:
What happened to that thread


If you are referring to the one where which I posted regarding WA moving to limit to 5 firearms for hunters and 10 for competition, I have no idea. It looks like it has been deleted. It's no longer in my posts record, not in the WA section and I've not received a PM to say it has been removed for any reason.

Really strange. Only thing I can think is I provided a link to Sporting Shooter's blog rather than copy and paste the post. Perhaps Links are not allowed?


Glad I wasn't the only one scratching my head trying to find it again...
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Post by Fionn » 16 May 2023, 8:24 pm

northdude wrote:
Oldbloke wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Sad, but true.

Now WA is trying to reduce hunters to 5 firearms only. It'll never end.

What happened to that thread


On_one_wheel lost balance and crashed, getting the thread deleted and a ban.

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Post by NorthWester » 16 May 2023, 10:03 pm

Fionn wrote:
northdude wrote:
Oldbloke wrote:
deye243 wrote:Does not surprise me at all this place stopped being Australia about 30 years ago


Sad, but true.

Now WA is trying to reduce hunters to 5 firearms only. It'll never end.

What happened to that thread


On_one_wheel lost balance and crashed, getting the thread deleted and a ban.

Remember people always 2 points of contact.


I obviously missed out on what was said after I posted. I thought the thread I started was reasonably benign, albeit a disappointing proposition by the WA Government.
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Post by northdude » 17 May 2023, 11:35 am

Yea seemed pretty tame
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