RaymondPierreL3I have to say (because Tom McIlroy’s article is not a well written opinion piece — perhaps due to space limitations, still…) I am supportive of strict #GunLaws but even more so on the ability of the #Police to enforce them.
Taking a helicopter view, what is urgently required is $$$ to fund both a #NationalBuyBack and sufficiently staffed #FirearmsRegistries to enable better control and oversight of #GunOwnership. Anything else is fiddling on the margins and largely political in intent. BTW, in so far as a national registry is concerned, Tom is happy to leave it at ‘speedier progress’ is being made. It’s been progresing since #PortArthur mate. Do you think you could mention that? Apparently, according to Tom, ‘Smart public service minds’ have been totally incompetent and unable to find the right Consultancy to get it done. My take? It’s about #Power, #Control and $$$$ throughout the federation govts.
To be clear, Gun Laws in Australia are up to the job, especially if periodically reviewed to close loopholes and include new firearms technology (E.g. Slide-loaders, grey guns and printing) BUT they should be nationally consistent (Currently they are not, not by a long shot — pun intended)
McIlroy tosses a lot of numbers around but they mean nothing unless they can be shown to correlate with criminality and terrorism data (such data correlations ought to be done anyway). Similarly, he dismisses the QLD Police Minister (see article) without further comment. Tom obvioulsy thought it irrelevant to his argument. — which is what exactly? Not sure from this piece which concludes that nothing so far has been done to keep the community safe. Gee what an insight, thanks for that.
Here is the link to the article if you wish to read it, but really, there’s nothing much in there to take in. It’s a rehash of what’s already been written many times already. Oh, and a whole lot of frightening gun numbers if you not anxious enough.
This toot is an Opinion piece of my one.
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