ColdStart wrote:alexjones wrote:ColdStart wrote:alexjones wrote:Where is a lot of the crime?
In the cities. So owning guns as a means of self defence makes most sense in a city so I do not buy that city argument.
I think most people are just communists or communist sympathisers and love to be told what to do and what to think because they lack purpose in their life.
Its is illegal to use a firearm or any weapon to protect yourself in Australia, so that argument is null and void . Add to that, the crime rate in Australia is pretty low, even in city's, well below the OECD average.
I agree and stat's that city's are hold more communists views vs rural. This is shown in that Labor are city based and conversative are rural
It is not illegal to use a gun for self defence anywhere in Australia. Very difficult but not illegal. Queensland actually has case law supporting guns for self defence.
My point was people in cities should support gun laws and making conceal carry legal because the cities is where most of the crime is.
Bondi just had a mass shooting. I bet my life everyone there who was cowering like dogs unable to defend themselves wished concealed carry was legal so they could defend themselves and their family.
Its not legal anywhere in Australia to own or carry a firearm for self defence, you may use one for such, in very rare situations where the law of self defence applies, meaning you believed it was necessary and the response was reasonable in the circumstances. This is very very rare in Australia
The issue is that most city people don't think like you, they have never had access to a firearm, wouldn't know how to use on and don't consider them necessary at all.
In the Bondi situation, they think "call the police" and its the "polices job to handle it" not I wish I had a firearm, this is the thing that you don't understand. They don't think or act like you. hence why the people that bravely acted had grown up or lived in places this wasn't the case.
City people aren't use to relying on themselves, it not a city thing, you have people that do that for you.
Rural and country people are the opposite, you only often have yourself or your neighbours to rely on.
You make a good point about their mindset. So you think the concept of doing things for themselves does not even enter their brain?
I never thought of that. The thought of being reliant on others scares me.




