Guns, lol
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 03:37 AM)
Only in America do they try to bend the foundations of human nature in order to protect their outdated, laughably stupid version of "freedom"
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Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:41 AM)
I looked it up. You can own even a handgun in Australia with a license. Hunting of rabbits is encouraged. How is that different than the U.S.?
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:43 AM)
Since you've started your research, you should delve half an inch deeper and see the MASSIVE difference in gun laws.
Otherwise, you may be the first person on the planet to realise Australia's gun laws are identical to America's… -
Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:47 AM)
That sounds similar to the U.S. Guns are legal but regulated. Your laws may be stricter because you have a queen and don't have a bill of rights like we have. But gun ownership is allowed in Australia.
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:51 AM)
Is allowed under very specific circumstances, the list of guidelines is ****ing ridiculous.
I'd own a bunch of guns if it wasn't such a **** around.
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Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:54 AM)
Well you said this.
Only in America do they try to bend the foundations of human nature in order to protect their outdated, laughably stupid version of "freedom"
I don't think our gun laws are outdated. They could probably be better regulated.
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 06:59 AM)
I did say that, I don't think anything has come up that disputes that
Australia tackled the issue with common sense.
America dances around the issue by saying stupid **** like "it's a mental health issue" as though anyone has ever been in any position to cure the mental health problems of an entire nation, ever, in the history of existence
It's a lot easier to collect all the guns than it is to control the thoughts and feelings of the population. -
Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 07:03 AM)
I'm just saying from what I know guns are banned across the board in England. I see Australia as a bit wilder and rougher than England. That's why I asked about your gun laws. I'm just saying there is no fundamental difference between Australia and the U.S. because they both allow gun ownership with a license. The American pro-gun lobby may sound crazy. But the majority here supports gun control.
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 07:09 AM)
Yeah, but the requirements to attain the gun licenses are VASTLY different.
That's the big difference
Big enough difference to go from most people in a country owning a gun to ****-all people in a country owning a gun. -
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 07:35 AM)
True, but the gun laws there are still vastly different from here.
You pretty much have to be a legitimate farmer with a pest problem to be able to get a gun, and even then you still have to constantly prove that you’re still farming and killing pests the entire time you own that gun.
The only alternative is to become a member of a gun club, and again you have to be constantly attending that club etc etc
I’ve looked into getting a gun and trust me when I say it just isn’t worth the trouble down here lol -
Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 07:59 AM)
Despite our crime rate and the fact that these dumb little inner city gangstas can easily get a gun; and despite the fact I myself was shot with a gun; I still think it's better that the average American can buy a gun. It keeps an air of freedom you don't have in Europe, Canada and Australia. It's the Wild West.
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SpringheelJack1837 — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 08:03 AM)
I’ve got no problem with that, I’d get myself a gun if I was living up there.
What I have a problem with is people making up dumb excuses to skirt around gun access being a major issue in all shootings lol -
Platonic_Caveman — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 08:07 AM)
But the odds of getting hurt or killed in a mass shooting are slim to none. The media here exaggerates it so I imagine there it's really blown out of proportion.
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Mayhem Like Me — 6 years ago(December 31, 2019 07:36 AM)
I'm struggling to understand why he thinks his Australian opinion matters to us.
Does he feel superior to Americans by pretending his country is more to his liking (less freedom)?
How exactly does that work? Someone should tell him his country is not better.
Donna's completely nuts now.
Popcorn for everyone.