Spot the difference:

(1) John Howard implements 'gun control'.

- Not a ripple from organised crime and other drug-dealing, violent filth responsible for gun crime and all manner of other violence.

- No effect whatsoever on reducing or even slightly inhibiting offenders who instead are very pleased that government is blaming ordinary law-abiding citizens for their crime.

- It is all business as usual and boom times for Middle Eastern thugs who are taking over outlaw bikie gangs, shooting up neighborhoods and staking out their exclusive neighborhoods and drug empires.

- No concern at all from leftist human rights lawyers about ordinary law-abiding citizens being recorded on police computers and labelled as 'persons of interest' like common criminals, being constantly monitored by police and being subjected to random inspections and interrogations in their homes by uniformed police with the fully marked police vehicle outside.

(2) Qld Premier Campbell Newman implements his Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013 (VLAD) after bikie thugs surrounded a police station, demanding release of a suspect. It is one of many acts of defiance and violence by the gangs, including brawling in a family restaurant. VLAD is an act of the Parliament of Queensland to "severely punish members of criminal organisations that commit serious offences".

- Organised crime including the drug-dealing outlaw motorcycle gangs, are vehemently opposed,

- Labor and Greens are vehemently opposed, despite the clear support of the public, business and police for the much-needed and in practice highly successful VLAD.

- A bevvy of self-declared 'human rights lawyers', some well known for representing notorious criminal figures, declare that VLAD law is 'unfair' to criminals. They shamelessly continue with their claims that bikies 'rights' are affected, despite the failure of the bikies' challenge to the High Court.

- Bikies and other crime gangs wind down their operations in Qld and depart for easier pastures, incidents of violence and gun offences markedly reduced as police take advantage in particular, of the vastly improved intel from VLAD.

tbc

contd..

(3) The incoming Labor Palaszczuk government moves with extreme haste to spike the guns of the hereto successful VLAD and to deep six the legislation.

- Immediate protests from the public, business and police who demand for the VLAD laws to continue. Palaszczuk ignores protests and continues with Labor's 'review' of the VLAD law.

- Police and courts see an immediate increase in the activity of crime gangs and bikies who thumb their noses at authority and are publicly boasting that they are again untouchable and it is back to business as usual.

- Police report that new particularly violent gangs are setting up business in Queensland. Wars over drug and stand-over territory are on the increase.

Now if you were a criminal which would you prefer?

The 'gun control' of those secret squirrel overseas interests who are constantly interfering in the domestic affairs of western democracies and whose avowed goal is to disarm the law-abiding, licensed civilian populations.

Or,

Regulations based on EVIDENCE, on risk analysis and properly constructed treatments. Regulations like Premier Newman's well-targeted VLAD that quickly and very obviously reduced organised crime in Queensland?

Trampling over the rights of good men and women who do obey laws and confiscating their lawfully procured and used property is NOT going to deter or 'control' criminal offenders.

Next question, is it dumb-arsed laziness, political cynicism or something more sinister that causes some politicians to support the fraud of 'gun control' and to undermine obviously successful initiatives like courageous Campbell Newman's Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013, to "severely punish members of criminal organisations that commit serious offences".

Toni,

It seems that the first use of a military repeating rifle was by Austria in the 1780s, this was an air gun and held enough air for around 30 shots.

Best of luck controlling the ammunition; you could try controlling the manufacture of round lead balls, but if they have a tiny hole through them to take fishing line then they are sinkers.

Don't forget the laser guns, pew pew!

A ban on 9V batteries!

Good point, Bugsy; laser guns are only in their infancy but already home made ones are able to ignite paper and capable of causing temporary blindness at some distance, and possibly permanent blindness.

I guess that's why laser devices above 1mW are already restricted.

pew pew

How's those home made lightsabers coming along? Let me know when you finally make them, I want one.