RE: New Zealand Bans Assault Weapons
March 21, 2019 at 9:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2019 at 9:43 pm by fredd bear.)
(March 21, 2019 at 9:18 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: Unfortunately, criminals don't care if guns are illegal. That being said, there should be sensible restrictions on specific types of firearms everywhere, in my opinion. I like guns, but I'm certainly no gun-nut. And it makes me a little hopeful to see them taking such swift action in response to this horrendous incident. I'm not sure what it will accomplish, but I'm also not sure how many shootings like this NZ has even had.
I think people should be allowed to have basic handguns, shotguns and rifles. But when you start getting into wanting an AR-15 or an M4 with a 100-round drum, laser sights and flashlights, etc. etc... I have to ask... why the hell would anyone need that, ever?
But the NRA here throws around too much money for these types of questions to ever be seriously asked in the US and it's a shame.
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Neither NZ nor Oz are the US. We both lack the loopy gun culture of the US.
We do not have a second amendment. There is no right to have a firearm. Consequently, the governments of both nations focus on protecting our citizens. Not on the non existent rights of gun owners.
Our attitudes tend to be along the lines that no one living in in one of our cities needs a firearm.
The argument that only criminals will the have guns is specious, I think originally from the appalling NRA.
Plus; So fucking what? Criminals are going to come your house to kill you? How many enemies do YOU have? Criminals are going to start shooting people in the streets? True, they do tend to shoot each other. A fact that bothers men jot a jot or a tittle.
Australia introduced strong gun laws after an horrendous mass shooting at Pt Arthur in 1996. Since that time, there have been no mass shootings in Australia. It has also become rare for firearms to be used in armed robbery. Weapons include ;hammers, screw drivers, knives , swords, and once, a syringe allegedly filled with HIV (it wasn't)--all have the disadvantage of being exceedingly difficult to seriously injure more than one person, unlike a firearm
Below two short clips of Jim Jeffries on gun control'. Jim is an Aussie comic, living in the US where he has a popular TV show on cable, I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH...jreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UFyNy-...jreload=10
