Haz.
Regular Member
Good morning from Down Under. The land of the 'unarmed' uh'm / free, where any form of armed self defence had been declared illegal.
Its is now three days since we celebrated the Queens birthday. All states except Western Australia celebrate this annual event with a three day long weekend from Friday sunset till dawn Tuesday. Its not unusual for our road toll to greatly increase over this time as people tend to travel to vaious holiday resorts for the break.
To get to the meat of what I would like to show people on this board, common sense tells the average joe that firearms are no more dangerous, evil, or able to self animate than any tool in the workshop or garden shed. The same can be said about motor vehicles.
Yet, as early as Sunday 12/6/2011, tradgicly, ten people have died on our roads this Queens birthday long weekend and, for the anties down under not one gun in site. And the news papers, TV, and radio have remained relatively silent.
I have been daily listening intently to most of the major news services and so far, nothing of any signifence regarding this annual road carnage has been mentioned so far and up untill this morning.
Imagin the hype if ten people had been killed by criminals using firearms this Queens birthday weekend. Firearm related crimes especially if anyone has been injured or killed recieve headline news for several days on end bring out all the anties, Greens, and fun police, all calling for tougher firearms laws even though we have the toughest laws in the western world.
ABC Sunday 12/6/11 6:31am.
Long weekend road toll rises to 10
The nation's long weekend road toll now stands at 10 after another fatal crash in New South Wales..... Published: 12/6/11 6:31am in ABC;
Link:
http://www.hotheadlines.com.au/redir...0&artid=834639
Its is now three days since we celebrated the Queens birthday. All states except Western Australia celebrate this annual event with a three day long weekend from Friday sunset till dawn Tuesday. Its not unusual for our road toll to greatly increase over this time as people tend to travel to vaious holiday resorts for the break.
To get to the meat of what I would like to show people on this board, common sense tells the average joe that firearms are no more dangerous, evil, or able to self animate than any tool in the workshop or garden shed. The same can be said about motor vehicles.
Yet, as early as Sunday 12/6/2011, tradgicly, ten people have died on our roads this Queens birthday long weekend and, for the anties down under not one gun in site. And the news papers, TV, and radio have remained relatively silent.
I have been daily listening intently to most of the major news services and so far, nothing of any signifence regarding this annual road carnage has been mentioned so far and up untill this morning.
Imagin the hype if ten people had been killed by criminals using firearms this Queens birthday weekend. Firearm related crimes especially if anyone has been injured or killed recieve headline news for several days on end bring out all the anties, Greens, and fun police, all calling for tougher firearms laws even though we have the toughest laws in the western world.
ABC Sunday 12/6/11 6:31am.
Long weekend road toll rises to 10
The nation's long weekend road toll now stands at 10 after another fatal crash in New South Wales..... Published: 12/6/11 6:31am in ABC;
Link:
http://www.hotheadlines.com.au/redir...0&artid=834639