Scene: A meeting room in #NSW.
#Minns is crowing about how well the #HeavilyArmedPolice with #AssaultRifles (called “long guns” by the state govt & compliant media) did in keeping people safe during #Sydney’s big #CrackerNight.
Police Commissioner smiles.
“At least we can stop issuing assault rifles & machine guns now” says Minns.
“I don’t think so. Look how safe last night was! It was the weapons. I think we should issue more!”
“Okay”
#auspol #NSWpol #Militarising the police #ICE? FFS!
RE: https://fairdinkum.one/@John/115811255452526466
The #NRA has a catchy saying, that “good guys with #guns stop bad guys with guns”.
But the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get it in the first place.
We should focus on drying up the supply of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and putting in place laws that keep all guns away from dangerous individuals. #auspol #Minns #NSW #NewYearsEve #HeavilyArmedPolice
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/fact-arming-more-people-doesnt-make-us-safer
#Minns & the #NSW #Police saying people will feel #safer with police carrying #machineguns & #assaultrifles during #NewYearsEve sounds like echoes of #NRA reasoning.
"If the #Bondi #terrorists had seen heavily armed police, they wouldn't have gone ahead with their attack".
@maudenificent Minns and VicPol loving a police state rn for sure. Hysterical media with immediate reach not helping, although I'd love Minns rules to be applied evenhandedly despite knowing it won't happen.
Gotta admit, it's odd watching my former home state of #NSW banning #FreePalestine protests to "protect" the feelings of its Jewish population, when #LiteralNAZIs were assembling on the front steps of the parliament a month or so ago, and no one in the police (or political) hierarchy thought that was a problem.
It's almost like Premier #Minns is providing constant tacit approval to rightwing extremists, as one would if one genuinely sympathised with them but couldn't say so.
#CivilLiberties council says #protestLaws 'incredibly poor government and political leadership'.
#TimothyRoberts, president of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, says the approach being taken by the #NSW state and federal governments in pushing through new laws very quickly is “incredibly poor government and political leadership”.
Roberts, speaking to ABC TV, said the Council for Civil Liberties would be supporting the constitutional challenge to the anti-protest proposals.
Roberts said:
“I think there’s a broad coalition of civil society that’s very concerned about these proposals and the civil liberties council is definitely about supporting that.
We’re very concerned about the police commissioner being given far too broad powers to determine when we, as a community, should assemble or communicate with each other. That’s not up to the police commissioner – that’s us.
We’ve been investigating the #constitutionality of what’s been proposed, and we believe that it’s wanting …
Unlike #Minns, we’re going to take some time to consider these laws and their constitutionality and the problems with them. We’ve got a government that’s passing things at an alarming rate. It’s a shame that it’s up to civil society to then pick up the slack of this government and measure these against the constitution and whether or not it’s appropriate …
It’s just incredibly poor government and political leadership at both levels, frankly. Sure, things like gun reform, there’s relatively broad support for. But even that is divisive. And to pursue such important legislation – legislation that cuts across our #democraticRights – without consulting with community, without consulting with the rest of civil society, is an incredibly dangerous thing to do.” #auspol #NSWpol
The reason a farmer might need ten guns? I can only think of "so I can go shooting with nine unlicensed people"
Also:
#Minns, you performing jerk. The ONLY way this works is if the laws are NATIONAL. You announcing you'll go first is about as useless as your hairspray and windsor knot. Do better pumpkin.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-22/nsw-parliament-recalled-gun-reform-protests-debate/106169248
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