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Found the post on Aussie gun laws very interesting. I live in a former British colony as well [is that a coincidence?] and we have even more restrictive Firearms Legislation. We too need a Licence to own an air rifle - and even then there is a restriction to .177 and smoothbore only. In fact rifles are not at all allowed [but to be fair it is a relatively small island anyway].
One trend though is that somehow the thinking goes to the effect that the Laws are predicated on the basis of safety. I have no issues with safety being an imortant consideration, but the question then becomes "whose safety?" The is no consideration for the right to self defense by the citizenry.
In fact judging from the occurrence of gun related violence from the criminal element, these laws quite frankly don't seem to be effective at all. Isn't that a typical pattern wherever there are very restricitve gun laws?
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