Poirot,

What stance?

Drive by shootings and most other kinds are done using illegal firearms from which our Uniform(LOL)Firearm Laws are supposed to keep us safe.

Knifings are walk/run by events and I sincerely hope that we don't see any by a person trained in the use of the knife.

Poirot,

"Re your silly comment about cars (this thread or another)...which aren't manufactured for the sole purpose of killing or maiming - unlike guns."

Guns aren't manufactured for the sole purpose of killing; outside of the military there is target shooting, clay pidgeon, re-enactments, theatre and collecting.
Blank firing guns are designed not to be able to propel a projectile so cannot kill or do anything other than make a noise and sometimes a cloud of smoke.
Then there is my favourite among target rifles, the Zimmerstutzen, which is a firearm but definitely not designed to kill.

So many deaths from cars, which indeed are not designed to kill (although there are killer designs; early Holdens a prime example) should be viewed askance, but have become acceptable because to not accept them would surely cause inconvenience.

Is Mise,

"Guns aren't manufactured for the sole purpose of killing; outside of the military there is target shooting, clay pidgeon, re-enactments, theatre and collecting."

So you are trying to tell me that the evolution of the firearm is in response to those kinds of pastimes?

Are you for real?

Hot damn! Poirot is onto something there.

Better take all of those weapons from indigenous hunters NOW!

If one child is saved etc etc.

http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/hunting/index.html

But wait a bit, maybe the leftists only mean those 'whites'(sic) they despise.

Dagnabit, Is Mise Poirot's sensibilities have been offended by that rabbit you've got in your pot.

Ummm, speaking of that rabbit, do you happen to have some taters, onions and so in with it? What about a dash of beer to the Dutchy? I think I can smell it and I am on my way...

I left out a comma.

Must have been the thought of that slow cooked rabbit.

http://www.firepit-and-grilling-guru.com/rabbit-recipe.html

Poirot shops bubble wrap, chemical enhanced and thinks it is food. LOL

Paul & Poirot,

Why persist with hypotheticals which nobody would agree with ?

Hi OTB,

I recall a 1930s interview with Albert Namatjira, in which he remarked how he liked to go hunting in his off-hours: on the back of truck and with a .303.

I'm told that up in the north-west of SA, there wouldn't be a kangaroo within 100 miles of a community, except for one pastoral property in the middle, which was resumed in the seventies, then leased back to the original pastoralist: due to his land management practices, the place now carries many cattle AND abounds with kangaroos. I'm glad at least someone's 'caring for country'.

Cheers,

Joe