Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 06:33:11 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, fpawlak@execpc.com (Frank Pawlak) Cc: grog@lemis.com, malartre@aei.ca, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <980627063311.ZM23522@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> "Re: Does it's true?" (Jun 27, 4:33pm) References: <199806270633.QAA16831@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Jun 27, 4:33pm, John Birrell wrote: > Subject: Re: Does it's true? > Frank Pawlak wrote: > > I am under the impression that parts of Australia are much like the Old > > American West, with cowboys that carry guns, drink a lot and then get into > > gunfights. ;-) > > Nope. Carrying a gun here is very rare. Our government has just spent > hundreds of millions of dollars buying back people's guns that are now > illegal. > > This week we had a court ruling that reinforces the state law that you > have to have a shooter's licence to play with paint-ball guns on private > ranges. Next it'll be water pistols too. > Overall you are probably better for it. In the US there are entirely too many guns walking around. Some of these kids with guns are better armed than I was when I was in the Army. The situation is so bad that I don't believe that the US Marine Corps could get control of the situation without major distruction of the central parts of some cities. Gun buy back policies were tried here also. Hell they just sold the old ones and used the money to by more powerful weapons. Frank > -- > John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ > CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 >-- End of excerpt from John Birrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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