(March 1, 2015 at 7:44 pm)Esquilax Wrote: In Australia the gun laws are eminently logical, and were prompted into existence for logical reasons. A rash of gun violence happened, and as a result tighter gun laws were enacted. Another shooting happened- one shooting, after violent crime went down following the first restrictions- and the laws got tighter still. Crime continues to drop, and yet... you can own a gun. You need to have a firearms license, register the piece, and so on, but you can have one. The government even takes the reason you want one into account: you can't have a gun just to have one, but if you want one for a reason, like sport shooting or competitive marksmanship, it's yours, so long as you're willing to be responsible.
I look at America, and apparently simple expectations like that are a bad thing?
We actually have similar gun laws in the UK. People misunderstand our gun laws as being some kind of a blanket ban. If you attend a target shooting club or something similar getting your hands on guns is fairly straight forward so long as you don't have a criminal record. I think the police are allowed to turn up and ask to see where you keep your guns to make sure its kept secured and safely. Though I think as it stands you are allowed to decline and ask them to turn up another time.
