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Jefferson23

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18. I hope we follow in their steps too..and then some. What I would like to know is

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:14 PM

Jan 2013

at the time of the mass shooting, killing 35 people..did their citizens react in any fashion
like ours has since Newtown.

Meaning, did they have any conspiracy nuts spinning the evil government meme, this
was all staged..never really happened type of reaction?

I am concerned about these responses to Newtown..they're alarming and seem to be
one reason the FBI data has 4.7 million new guns on record were sold for the year 2012.

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Australia bans assault weapons; mass shootings fall to...zero. [View all] wtmusic Jan 2013 OP

Australia banned semi-automatics. I can't stress enough that this is not what the AWB does. Recursion Jan 2013 #1

Thanks for info...it should be even stricter then. nt wtmusic Jan 2013 #2

It's not really a question of "stricter"; it's a whole different kind of law Recursion Jan 2013 #3

Pistol grips make it easier to aim without sighting wtmusic Jan 2013 #5

I'm not sure I agree with that; they enforce proper shooting positions from the shoulder Recursion Jan 2013 #6

Agree. Yours is a realistic and achievable goal. nt wtmusic Jan 2013 #7

since when does alpha = .15? d_r Jan 2013 #4

....and the fall in homicide rates was huge too. dmallind Jan 2013 #8

Ho-hum. When all else fails, read the report. wtmusic Jan 2013 #9

So why did the US rate go down by a very similar amount? You saw that report, right? dmallind Jan 2013 #10

There's a report that school shootings went down? wtmusic Jan 2013 #11

Learn to read and not change the subject. Do only school shootings count as murders? dmallind Jan 2013 #12

Homicides went down more in Australia; suicides down sharply wtmusic Jan 2013 #13

Australia did have a mass shooting since the ban ended, plus a mass-murder arson Recursion Jan 2013 #15

Since there's absolutely nothing which is socially-redeeming about semi-auto weapons wtmusic Jan 2013 #19

Yes... But Evelyn W Apr 2013 #32

Our proposed AWB is absolutely NOT what austrailia did. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #14

Agree. We should do what they did. nt wtmusic Jan 2013 #16

That would be worth a try. Though interestingly, the AU gun ownership rate is higher today Recursion Jan 2013 #17

I'm pretty sure that will never happen. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #20

One month ago, you could have said the same about today's Executive Orders. wtmusic Jan 2013 #21

Obama could have issued these executive orders almost 4 years if he wanted. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #22

How are those legal hurdles any different than banning rocket launchers? nt wtmusic Jan 2013 #23

Apples to oranges. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #24

Whatever. Shoulder-fired SAMs are not. wtmusic Jan 2013 #25

All rifles and shotguns (manual-action and semi-automatic) account for about 8% of homicides krispos42 Jan 2013 #28

I hope we follow in their steps too..and then some. What I would like to know is Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #18

The Australians don't need to see signs from God... (comic) sanatanadharma Jan 2013 #26

And the homicide rate remained steady. krispos42 Jan 2013 #27

Australia: Drive-by shootings up 41% HiPointDem Jan 2013 #29

Assault weapons are somewhat unwieldy to use from the window of a car, aren't they? wtmusic Jan 2013 #30

not my point. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #31

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