Gun Control Question
Apr. 19th, 2007 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seldearAs I understand it, Australia has relatively strict gun control laws. I'm not sure exactly what those laws are, never having required the use of a firearm. (Any of the Aussies know?)
US Constitution's Second Amendment? Gun registration?
And where do you stand on the matter of "the right to bear arms" and why? Would love to hear from all sides of the fence and the pond.
US Constitution's Second Amendment? Gun registration?
And where do you stand on the matter of "the right to bear arms" and why? Would love to hear from all sides of the fence and the pond.
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Date: 2007-04-20 12:33 am (UTC)I'm sorry for your neighbor's family, but that wasn't the gun's fault... it was the fault of the person who decided to handle a gun without familiarizing themselves or, if they're a minor, the people who gave the gun to him.
People love comparing gun ownership to gun ownership, but they're completely different -- there is no right to drive (or ride a horse or buggy or the 18th century equivalent) in the Constitution.
Until there is better communication between agencies and departments (and doesn't THAT sound familiar) there will be incidents like this.