o sung wu, "Laws made 'on the run' and inclined purely for political expediency?"

LOL, you could be right, John Howard romped home in that election and has lived off his mistake for years.

However some say that on the wasteful gun buy-back, the white elephant gun registries and so on, 'Man of Steel' John Howard did what Janet told him to do on that subject, much to the dismay of his colleagues. A woman might be small in stature but that 'monkey's grip' and ear scorching wind have brought many a 'Man of Steel' to his knees.

Ah, what is a wasted few billion dollars of someone else's money anyhow?

Take it easy.

You too ONTHEBEACH, take it easy my friend !

Cheers...Sung Wu.