Is Mise
My sentiments exactly. Allow handgun ownership and with the right training and accreditation there would definitely be less violent attack crime.

Thankfully most would not agree with you two.
In your case Chris most of your former work mates the likely first victims of such a silly thing.
Right now domestic violence see bashing that would become shootings if guns became legal.
A police man on his own doing RBT could be shot because some one had a gun to do it.

Belly,

What have you done that you have such fear of your fellow man? Be deadly afraid for they also have knives, blunt objects and other means to redress whatever wrongs you have done to them. Lucky for you that would exclude the law-abiding citizens you have offended and wronged.

The Howard inspired gun control regulations introduced a host of new taxes and bureaucracy for licensed, law-abiding clay pigeon shooters and farmers, but did nothing to prevent even deter those who are responsible for the gun crime and criminal violence in Australia, which are usually drug traffickers like the OMGs.

But like so many who regard themselves as leftie Progressives', you would be defending the 'rights' of OMGs wouldn't you? You reserve your prejudice and bile for the respectable, law-abiding people, farmers, sportsmen, professionals who have the excellent character, references and training to obtain a licence.

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ChrisgaffeIs
"mise My sentiments exactly. Allow handgun ownership and with the right training and accreditation there would definitely be less violent attack crime."

Are you guys serious?
Allow handgun ownership like in the US, where there are more deaths by gunshot than in Australia by far, and also more crime!
How do you figure we would be safer than that 'shoot-em-up' society?
Lol.

Suseonline,

Like Belly, you should be so lucky to have neighbours with firearms licences.

Not for the protection, because the law precludes that, but for the assurance tat at least they are proved to be responsible stable citizens of excellent character.

I don't ask for much and it has nothing to do with guns: just the return of the citizen's right to defend him/herself and loved ones. That right was taken away from us to be replaced with a reversal of the onus of proof: it is now the victim of the attack, the homeowner who was invaded, who is required to prove that s/he was actually in fear of injury and that s/he only used the exact force or less to restrain or deter the offender.

Citizens of NSW have had that right returned to them, but alas not so for those living in other States.

NSW,
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0/0b19764c0978b859ca256b12001953ad/$FILE/b01-126-p03.pdf

Now I have put that to you and others in previous threads where you went off as you have just done, but have never been give the courtesy of a polite and relevant reply.

Fortunately OTB a bow is still legal, just a cross bow is treated as a fire arm.

I still have a gun licence to defend my stock from marauding wild dogs, but realise in a home invasion I would be better off using it on myself, the way todays laws are.

However I also have a no longer used 70Lb steel hunting bow. Steel & no longer valued, I can keep it strung. As a home invader, I would certainly hate to be facing that in the hands of an old bloke, who's fingers tire very quickly holding that weight.

Fortunately near the end of a dead end country road, where everyone is on acreage, with a big dog or two, & probably a rifle for stock protection, no professional burglar would be silly enough to come around here, & the armatures don't get this far from the city, even on holidays.