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Crepuscular

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55. They haven't

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:06 PM

Jun 2016

had a mass shooting in New Zealand since 1997, despite it being legal to possess the types of weapons banned in Australia. Weapons availability does not seem to be the determining factor for the lack of mass shootings in those two countries in recent years.

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This is what Australia did to its guns [View all] Gomez163 Jun 2016 OP

You know... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #1

Gee, I was told 'they're not like us," and "they are a different culture," MADem Jun 2016 #2

What do they do so the Dingoes don't eat there babies ???? frankieallen Jun 2016 #3

Cayenne diaper powder. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2016 #54

LOTS and lots of shotguns in that pic, and a few SKSs, a few .22s...seem to be all sporting arms. nt jmg257 Jun 2016 #4

Not one of these... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #5

You do know lancer78 Jun 2016 #52

Neither will they save a life or put food on a table... TipTok Jun 2016 #57

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #6

They haven't had a mass shooting in Australia since 1996. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #7

The Hunt family killings may qualify formally as such IIRC Marengo Jun 2016 #12

Yes they have. linuxman Jun 2016 #13

I relied on a faulty article. There were 13 in the decade before though. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #14

They haven't Crepuscular Jun 2016 #55

Australia doesn't have a 2nd Amendment. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #8

Ask them if they are in favor of folks like this with gunz? Hoyt Jun 2016 #27

WTF NCTraveler Jun 2016 #41

How come only white people, is your search engine broken ol' hoyt snooper2 Jun 2016 #64

There aren't many, snooper. I'm sure you had to look hard to find those. Fact is, gunz as we know Hoyt Jun 2016 #65

nope, not really, didn't look for any Mexican Americans of course they open carry all over too snooper2 Jun 2016 #66

I know how I feel. Violet_Crumble Jun 2016 #56

They're all bent! procon Jun 2016 #9

I've read compliance with the "buy back" was surprisingly low... Marengo Jun 2016 #10

I'll be honest. roamer65 Jun 2016 #11

I'm not arguing for or against an assault weapons ban TeddyR Jun 2016 #15

We know that machine guns and military weapons are already banned with Gomez163 Jun 2016 #21

Good question that I don't know the answer to TeddyR Jun 2016 #23

The AR and some AK platform Semi-Auto accoutrements were banned. Sans accoutrements, No. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #36

Only AR's with a certain number of 'naughty' features were banned. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #42

No, the AR-15 wasn't banned in 1994. Certain features were banned. X_Digger Jun 2016 #62

How? virginia mountainman Jun 2016 #16

Maybe those who advocate door-to-door on DU Marengo Jun 2016 #17

Yeah, that's freaking hilarious Laha Jun 2016 #20

Rather it's your lack of ability to comprehend that's on display here... Marengo Jun 2016 #22

Thanks for asking despite resorting to an attack on my intelligence to begin with. Laha Jun 2016 #26

You expect veneration after attacking my sanity? Marengo Jun 2016 #43

Fair response, thank you Laha Jun 2016 #45

I wasn't laughing at the thought they would be shot... Marengo Jun 2016 #49

That's a significant part of the controller wet dream... TipTok Jun 2016 #58

Focusing on a ban of "assault rifles (sic)" is meaningless... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #19

Hasn't the AR-15 been used quite a bit lately in the mass shootings???? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #25

It is used, along with semi-auto pistols (VT), a pump shotgun (Navy Yard) and an accumulation of Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #31

I want to stop crazy people from getting any gun that can spit out bullets Gomez163 Jun 2016 #33

If you want to keep ANY gun out of the hands of an adjudicated incompetent, Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #38

They need to ask some questions before they sell him a dangerous weapon that Gomez163 Jun 2016 #46

Who is "they?" Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #63

Yeah, but they are the guns that yahoos are attracted too. Get rid of them and semi-auto pistols, Hoyt Jun 2016 #28

Not happening. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #39

Actually, we need to ban semi-auto pistols too. Hoyt Jun 2016 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author Odin2005 Jun 2016 #18

K&R Paper Roses Jun 2016 #24

Post A Warning Next Time SoCalMusicLover Jun 2016 #29

A "trigger" warning? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #30

OMG etherealtruth Jun 2016 #37

Most of those look like hunting rifles davidn3600 Jun 2016 #32

You got to remember those rifles were bought back. The owners got paid. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #34

Who cares? TipTok Jun 2016 #59

Probably semi-automatics ErikJ Jun 2016 #50

I hope they kept one or two. rug Jun 2016 #35

Amazingly, I don't see an AR-15 Bushmaster anywhere in there. TrollBuster9090 Jun 2016 #40

As I recall, one of the rifles used in the Port Arthur massacre... Marengo Jun 2016 #44

Yes it was, I stand corrected. Thank you. nt TrollBuster9090 Jun 2016 #60

Don't let America follow the same dreadful path. ileus Jun 2016 #47

There is still time....brother. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #48

If you want to create credibility problems on guns Angel Martin Jun 2016 #51

I call it a good start. ncjustice80 Jun 2016 #53

I've never seen so many 'assault weapons' in one picture... beevul Jun 2016 #61