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Wow, a country which cares about their citizens. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #1
'Speed, accuracy, precision': How gun makers market the weapons used at Bondi sop Dec 15 #2
They're describing bolt action rifles and pump action shotguns NickB79 Dec 15 #3
Only difference is the straight-pull bolt action, otherwise they're pretty traditional hunting rifles and shotguns. sop Dec 15 #4
Straight pulls were actually some of the first bolt actions. Austria adopted them in 1886 NickB79 Dec 15 #6
Good on ya, Australia! Cha Dec 15 #5
What a novel idea! travelingthrulife Dec 15 #7
Not sure how "limiting the number of guns you can own" will help as you only need one for this type of attack EX500rider Dec 15 #8
Not sure why anyone in the suburbs needs that many guns Violet_Crumble Dec 15 #9
They should have never been let in Polybius Dec 15 #12
We aren't the US Violet_Crumble Dec 16 #15
There was a valid reason Polybius Dec 16 #23
The son was born in Australia. Violet_Crumble Wednesday #24
But it's better than what happened Polybius Wednesday #25
Who is 'they'? Aussie105 Dec 16 #18
The killers Polybius Dec 16 #22
If an Aussie government can enforce much tougher gun laws than we have on ornery Aussies, what's stopping ... marble falls Dec 15 #10
There is no mention of guns in their constitution Polybius Dec 15 #11
The Second Amendment is meant to keep the the right for anyone to bear arms in the military/"well regulated militia"... marble falls Dec 16 #20
It still complicates things, and I believe that a full-out handgun ban would be struck down by any judge Polybius Dec 16 #21
Repeal the 2nd amendment then MichMan Wednesday #27
Bondi would have been much worse with U.S. gun laws. Rocky Gravelton Dec 16 #13
In 2017 a lone Las Vegas mass shooter, using semi-automatic high capacity rifles, killed 60 and wounded 413. sop Dec 16 #19
Multiple Jews died, so it won't help them. Behind the Aegis Dec 16 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Violet_Crumble Dec 16 #16
We're starting to learn about the victims Violet_Crumble Dec 16 #17
Exactly. The argument about guns not in Aussie constitution is an example of not doing anything Deuxcents Wednesday #26
If it's that popular, why not make a repeal of the 2nd amendment as a 2028 campaign issue? MichMan Wednesday #28
Why? Really? Deuxcents Wednesday #29
Isn't that what you are advocating? MichMan Wednesday #30
One can dream..I don't think with the current republican elected leaders it would go far. At all. Deuxcents Wednesday #31
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