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Originally Posted by LoBelly
Point of order -
Most states in Australia have aligned the gun ownership laws
Basically - you have to be licensed to own a gun
The minimum age is 12 (where I live)
I think that Ronbo is basically proving Buzz's point here:
The NRA (& others) have been waging a fear campain based on untrue statements secure in the knowledge that they're unlikely to be called on it.
The following sites have reasonable summaries of the rules - no doubt many of you in the US would identify the serious limitations imposed.
http://www.rurallaw.org.au/handbook/....php#Ch15Se925
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content...ocument_ID=219
http://ssaavic.com.au/ssaa.php?id=6&
As a society Australians can change these laws if they like by electing officials that will alter the rules - they are almost always on the ballot paper - few (none) get up.
Also - to support what Tom said - this is basically the only place where I hear from a broad(er) cross section of the US so its very informative to me and I appreciate being able to have these discussions and understand the divergent views.
.... back to your regular programming ....
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