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Skriven 2009-02-28 12:08:25 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 28218 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: 11yr old with a shotgun
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28 Feb 09 11:56, David Drummond wrote to Roy Witt:

 DD> Roy Witt -> David Drummond wrote:

 JB>>>> Then what's this???

 JB>>>> Crime up Down Under
 JB>>>> Since Australia's gun ban, armed robberies increase 45%
 JB>>>> Posted: March 03, 2000
 JB>>>> 1:00 am Eastern

 JB>>>> By Jon E. Dougherty
 JB>>>> c 2009 WorldNetDaily.com

 DD>>> A poorly worded headline.

 RW>> Factual, non-the-less.

 DD> Just as factual to say that 'Australians are allowed to own
 DD> firearms".

Now THAT would be a poorly worded headline.

 DD> The above headline reads as though they aren't. [...]

They really aren't.

 >> "Before someone can buy a firearm, he or she must obtain a Permit To
 RW>> Acquire. The first permit has a mandatory 28 day delay before it is
 RW>> first issued. In some states (e.g. Queensland, Victoria, and New
 RW>> South Wales), this is waived for second and subsequent firearms of
 RW>> the same class. For each firearm a "Genuine Reason" must be given,
 RW>> relating to pest control, hunting, target shooting, or collecting.
 RW>> Self-defence is not accepted as a reason for issuing a licence,
 RW>> though it is legal under certain circumstances to use a legally-held
 RW>> firearm for self-defence."

 RW>> Now that's what I call 'restrictive' gun laws.

 DD> Call it what you like, Australians are still allowed to own firearms
 DD> by law.

LOL! If you call it that.

 DD> Of course the vast majority have no desire to so the
 DD> "restrictiveness" of the above legislation doesn't gather enough
 DD> interest to get effective opposition.

Apparenlty they do, but they're outnumbered by idiots who don't know any
better.

 DD>>> Joe Citizen can even get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in
 DD>>> Australia.

 DD> [...]

 RW>> PS - There is no provision for concealed carry in Australia...

 DD> And yet people get legal permits to do same.

Prove it.

 DD> My house mate carries a Glock.

I'd say, illegally...post his permission to buy, his permit to carry
concealed number and someplace where it can be varified online with the
verse and section of the law that states he can carry it legally.

Otherwise, you're blowing hot air.

                R\%/itt


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 who reads nothing but newspapers." - Thomas Jefferson


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