Bazz he is pulling your leg,may have hit wrong key but I said as much in a harmless post that is not there now.
I did welcome Jaylex.

What Jaylex said. Katter's a decent bloke and well-supported by his constituents, but ultimately performs the function of sideshow clown in Parliament. They'll provide a distraction for a couple of years at most, then follow One Nation down the gurgler.

They should call it the Mad Katter's Tea Party.

I suspect that their short term success or otherwise will depend on how the others react.

An overreaction and all stop's attempts to silence them will buy them a lot of votes (as it did for One Nation) but if left to stand or die on their own merit's they will be in for a hard slog. They may like the Greens have been become the recipients of protest votes. Maybe Abbott can set up a secret fund to try and bring them down.

R0bert

"'Shoot-em-up' Katter will only ever secure the votes from a few gun-happy rednecks in some rural areas of Australia,
and certainly never enough support from the bulk of intelligent Australians.Posted by suzeonline, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 8:19:55 PM"

Didn't take long for the frst name-calling anti-gun post.

Suppose I ought to reply in standard fashion,
Suze, you wouldn't be able to respond like that if it were not for men with guns and guns predominetly of the type that Bob has on his wall.
You would not be using a 'qwerty' board (let alone a Dvorak, such as I use), but being in one of the more backward parts of the Imperial Empire you'd probably be using a Japanese typewriter (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_typewriter ), if you were fortunate enough to have gotten an education.
You most certainly would not be arguing about a politician.
You might be allowed a polite grumble, with acceptable bowing, about your local administrator but that's about all.

Bob Katter is also in favour of Australians being not only legally allowed to defend themselves against unlawful attack but also being allowed the means to do so.

Is Mise
I don't think Suze was arguing that guns should not be used in war. Most of us can work that one out - but wartime is nothing to do with domestic use.

Australia's gun laws are more than adequate and still allow for hunting and other on-farm use.

What on earth would we gain from legalising gun ownership for homeowners in the form of hand guns in every home etc.

We would face the same problems as the US and crime rates in countries without widespread gun ownership are much lower. I reckon we should be thankful that we don't have the same problems instead of trying to adopt that flawed mindset.

Dear Is Mise,

Fair cop mate, you invited the talk on guns.

As a person who had a gun rack in his room as youngster I have had to face facts, personal weapons have been used far more often to put self-inflicted bullets into the heads of young country males than to defend anyone from attack or violent crime.

The thought of free access, particularly for our  urban youth who have been subjected to the type of ultra- violent movies and video games that we were probably far better off without, is just plain scary.

You give me a generation who has been free from those influences then come and talk to me about relaxing gun laws, until then no way.

Even in my day things were not all that rosy, I remember tripping on a hunting trip with my father when in my early teens and sending a round within six inches of his left ear. Not a word was spoken. He took my rifle off me, unloaded his, shouldered both weapons turned around and headed straight back to the car. It was never discussed. I still shudder thinking about the what-ifs.

Part of the appeal of Bob is the nostalgia he evokes in a number of Australians including me for those supposedly more innocent times, but when we seriously ponder them they weren't as flash as we think.