Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Captdon (02-13-2019),MisterVeritis (02-13-2019)
These are obviously all NRA lies.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
Captdon (02-13-2019),MisterVeritis (02-13-2019)
Which brings up a point that always fascinated me: Why do the Democrats demonize the NRA as some great, all-powerful PAC when they don't even make the top 20 list of biggest PACs in Washington DC?
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/toppacs.php
Very good post, Chris.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
Captdon (02-13-2019),Chris (02-13-2019),MisterVeritis (02-24-2019)
Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work – And it Wouldn’t Work in America
...Did the Australian model at least reduce gun-related homicides?
That is hotly disputed.
University of Melbourne researchers Wang-Sheng Lee and Sandy Suardi concluded their 2008 report on the matter with the statement, “There is little evidence to suggest that [the Australian mandatory gun-buyback program] had any significant effects on firearm homicides.”
“Although gun buybacks appear to be a logical and sensible policy that helps to placate the public’s fears,” the reported continued, “the evidence so far suggests that in the Australian context, the high expenditure incurred to fund the 1996 gun buyback has not translated into any tangible reductions in terms of firearm deaths.”
A 2007 report, “Gun Laws and Sudden Death: Did the Australian Firearms Legislation of 1996 Make a Difference?” by Jeanine Baker and Samara McPhedran similarly concluded that the buyback program did not have a significant long-term effect on the Australian homicide rate.
...The Australian gun-homicide rate had already been quite low and had been steadily falling in the 15 years prior to the Port Arthur massacre. And while the mandatory buyback program did appear to reduce the rate of accidental firearm deaths, Baker and McPhedran found that “the gun buy-back and restrictive legislative changes had no influence on firearm homicide in Australia.”...
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Now we need a study that identifies the number of IslamoNazis in a country per 100K real citizens to see the impact IslamoNazis have on violent crime.
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Where the Aussies scared $#@!less during that last flood- when the snakes and crocks came to town?
Bet some bight bulb was wondering whether disarming was so great after all.
ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
(chuckle)
But - he IS right, and he makes monkeys out of the gun thugs all over this country.
And https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-...arthur/7254880
You should have that chuckle looked at by a professional, and another to check your reading comprehension. Your source says the following:
"However, experts consulted by Fact Check said the impact of Mr Howard's reforms on those declines is debatable.
"Some research argues the reforms did not significantly influence firearm homicide rates…. "
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler