SeanMar 17
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/gun-law-fail-dodgy-licences-lead-to-firearms-flood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gun-law-fail-dodgy-licences-lead-to-firearms-flood
Gun law fail: Dodgy licences lead to firearms flood

Hundreds of thousands of gun owners have no genuine reason to have a firearm according to analysis released today by The Australia Institute.

The Australia Institute
Show threadRaymondPierreL3Mar 17

@SeanHawley
Hmmmm… the Australia Institute should get their ‘sports’ shooter licence data from firearms registries, not sports associations. That data will show that there are strict reporting compliance levied on firearms licences one of which is that a number of gun club competition participation per reporting season is required to maintain that licence.

The author also fails to identify the source of the data used to support his arguments beyond the nebulous ‘official sports participation’ data. Heck, the author isn’t even identified. Disappointed in Australia Institute for releasing this headline-like vacuous ‘Press Release’.

Prove me wrong and I’ll apologise. Remember…there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Having said that, I will agree that there are a lot of things which ought to be done to make gun ownership safer, the obvious one is to legislate a single set of national gun laws and regulations and establish a single national firearms registry properly staffed and funded. One law, one registry, one set of compliance orders. I’ll be dead before that happens I’ll bet.

Disclosure: I am a licensed sports shooter (target shooting).
#GunLaws #AusPol

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@RaymondPierreL3 @SeanHawley

Had it to here with bullshit claims like "“Australians expect their gun laws to keep them safe ...". And "potentially putting people at risk.”
Spinning of "risk reduction" into "make safe" makes for stupid discourse.
And it'd be "at additional risk" as living is inherently risky.

#StupidTalk
If Gina was beating her spouse, has Gina now stopped beating her spouse?
If she wasn't then she hasn't stopped.
If she was then I hope she has stopped.

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Show threadRaymondPierreL3Mar 17

@skua
Yes, it is anything but a reasoned and logical discourse based on facts and data. How can you expect the public to form an opinion with this kind of discourse going on at the highest levels of society?

#GunLaws #AusPol