Did Gun Bans In The U.K. And Australia Work?

Quote from kmgilroy89:

The point of putting a ban on assault weapons is to stop somebody from committing mass murder. Your post doesn't put anything in perspective by the way. Most of those kids live in very poor countries.
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Tell you what :I'll agree to your assault weapon ban if: All domestic govt agencies or agencies operating in the continental US (including secret service) have to abide by the same restriction .

And as an insurance against misuse any officer, agent etc etc violating the ordinance or unlawfully obtaining, using , ordering or causing to be ordered a violation will be subject to burning at the stake no later than 10 days post accusation of violation . Those deemed innocent by a jury of WIC recipients (what else do they have to do ) will be executed via hanging .
Any problems with that?

Civilian offenders get a misdemeanor charge which can mean up to 6 months in jail.
 
Looks like this is turning into a 2 horse competition as who is the roughest toughest dude on ET.

I can just see them in cowboy outfits swaggering down the street at high noon, pushing ole ladies off the sidewalk. Well 2 big mouths anyway.
 
Quote from kmgilroy89:

The point of putting a ban on assault weapons is to stop somebody from committing mass murder.
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Only it does not and will not prevent mass murder. Do you think mass murder was unheard of before firearms were invented?

Remember the Oklahoma City bombing, how about 9/11 or the Sarin gas attack in a Japanese subway?

Your post doesn't put anything in perspective by the way. Most of those kids live in very poor countries.
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You guys up in arms over a few gun related deaths when 21,000 children die EVERY day and no one even gives a shit. Doesn't put things in perspective?
 
Quote from Humpy:

Looks like this is turning into a 2 horse competition as who is the roughest toughest dude on ET.

I can just see them in cowboy outfits swaggering down the street at high noon, pushing ole ladies off the sidewalk. Well 2 big mouths anyway.
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...IOW...you got nothing?
 
Quote from pspr:

The facts don't support the bans:

....Australia banned many guns following a 1996 mass murder of 35 people by a madman with assault rifles. The country tightened registration laws, banned assault rifles, pump-action shotguns, and also forced a buy back of more than 600,000 guns. What effect did this have on crime?

“A 2003 study published by the Brookings Institution, found homicides “continued a modest decline” since 1997. They concluded that the impact of the National Firearms Agreement was “relatively small,” with the daily rate of firearms homicides declining 3.2%.”

During the same period in America, deaths attributed to firearms dropped by nearly ten times the decline seen in Australia. Restricting or confiscating handguns seems to have had almost no effect on homicides in Australia and the stats also show that the law had no real effect on suicides.

“Suicides with firearms went down but suicides by other means went up,” Malcom notes.

And what about the oft-cited British gun laws? Have they done the job?

Restrictive gun laws have been around for almost 100 years in England, and Malcolm reports that getting a permit requires proving to police that you have a “good reason” for needing a gun. Self defense is not considered to be a good reason in England. Following a 1987 shooting in the British town of Hungerford, the Brits enacted stricter controls. And in 1998, a near-total ban on gun ownership followed another mass shooting. Were these moves a success?

Within a decade of the handgun ban and the confiscation of handguns from registered owners, crime with handguns had doubled according to British government crime reports. Gun crime, not a serious problem in the past, now is. Armed street gangs have some British police carrying guns for the first time.

There is little doubt that the Senate will soon put forth new legislation regarding gun ownership, especially as it relates to so-called assault weapons. However, those making the argument that banning guns has worked in places like Australia and England might be advised to check the statistics or risk looking foolish if they encounter someone armed with the facts.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wil...icides-stats-from-england-and-australia-show/ [/QUOTE


Regulations in Australia have reduced magazine capacity.

If you can't hit the target in a few shots you probably need automatic weapon.....
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Quote from Humpy:

Looks like this is turning into a 2 horse competition as who is the roughest toughest dude on ET.

I can just see them in cowboy outfits swaggering down the street at high noon, pushing ole ladies off the sidewalk. Well 2 big mouths anyway.
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LOL
Exactly, brother Humpy.
Don't be misled, common sense has nothing to do with ET P&R.
It's all about ego for several of 'em around here.
They keep trying, so hard to prove to themselves that they are right on all issues.

Great entertainment, huh?

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