nanarchy on 06 October 2015
| NightDragon83 said: Good thing Australia has all those super tough gun laws to stop this guy from getting his hands on a gun... |
As an Australian (with a gun license), yes they are great. Gun laws don't prevent all gun deaths but we have had a sharp decline since the introduction. prior to the laws we were at about 500 per year, we now run at about 200 per year. gun laws have greatly reduced accidental and intentional gun deaths.
Edit: personally I think it is sad these nutjobs get so much press coverage, basically it is providing them with exactly the platform they wanted. Everyone would be far better off if we just notched these whacko's down as another murder on the local news report and moved on. The PM, police and press all publically denouncing and talking about it as a terrorist attack just gives them the press exposure they so desperately desire.
