Gun Control in Australia

[arthwollipot]

Australia’s strongest gun reform since the Port Arthur massacre has become law. Here’s what you need to know

The laws, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, establish a national buyback, stop the importation of some firearms and tighten background checks

www.theguardian.com

You know we love talking about guns here. So what do you think of these new measures?

 

[lionking]

Half way there.

 

[Roger Ramjets]

Certainly a big step in the right direction. We did something similar here in New Zealand after the Christchurch mosque Shootings. An Aussie was responsible for that one too.

My brother is a keen hunter and gun enthusiast, but he could see the sense of this measure even though he had to hand in his new 'assault rifle'. Background checks are really stiff here now. The police did a background check on me too, and interviewed me with questions about my experience with guns and relationship with my brother. They also inspected his gun safe to make sure that it was secure.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Good on you, Oz. I lose a few relatives every year to gunshot wounds. I used to be the back-up for our medic "back in the day"* HMC Ho picked me because he saw I was reading a scifi novel. (Starship Troopers.) "I'll take him because he can READ. You goons..."*

I picked a dude who admitted to having never fired a HMG. Nothing for him to unlearn. Tabula rasa is a good route to a good gunner.

*When we first met as a group we had a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ session (I mean "familiarization meeting" of course) where the guys stated their "extracricular quilifications" One chap was a genius at ad hoc repairs. Introduced so at that meeting by the LT. Our corpsman was first to pick as we all considered his job most important. ("Keep my ass alive, hell yell, Ho, pick carefully!" Also because I didn't puke at the sight of blood. Yeah, them boys weren't all that familiar with family-level combat. Must have been nice.)

 

[Norman Alexander]

Certainly a big step in the right direction. We did something similar here in New Zealand after the Christchurch mosque Shootings. An Aussie was responsible for that one too.

Yeah, and you can dunk him three times in the Cook Strait and pull him up twice...

 

[theprestige]

Good on you, Oz. I lose a few relatives every year to gunshot wounds.

Are you related to MS-13? Losing 2-3+ relatives every year to gunshot wounds is unbelievable.

 

[arthwollipot]

Certainly a big step in the right direction. We did something similar here in New Zealand after the Christchurch mosque Shootings. An Aussie was responsible for that one too.

Speaking of which...

Christchurch gunman seeks to appeal convictions and withdraw guilty plea

Australian white supremacist tells NZ court he was suffering from ‘nervous exhaustion’ when he entered his guilty plea in March 2020

www.theguardian.com

 

[Orphia Nay]

Good on you, Oz. I lose a few relatives every year to gunshot wounds. I used to be the back-up for our medic "back in the day"* HMC Ho picked me because he saw I was reading a scifi novel. (Starship Troopers.) "I'll take him because he can READ. You goons..."*

I picked a dude who admitted to having never fired a HMG. Nothing for him to unlearn. Tabula rasa is a good route to a good gunner.

*When we first met as a group we had a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ session (I mean "familiarization meeting" of course) where the guys stated their "extracricular quilifications" One chap was a genius at ad hoc repairs. Introduced so at that meeting by the LT. Our corpsman was first to pick as we all considered his job most important. ("Keep my ass alive, hell yell, Ho, pick carefully!" Also because I didn't puke at the sight of blood. Yeah, them boys weren't all that familiar with family-level combat. Must have been nice.)

This forum needs a Translate function.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What ju mean, main?