Paul,

Do you mean that the Greens do not support the 1996 Gun Laws?

Geez! I thought that they were 100% behind John Howard; certainly enough of the current gun laws are on their site under the guise of Greens' policy to make one think that they support the status quo.

The reason that you didn't see any guns in your roaming around the big smoke is that the crime have them under their clothing.

It’s good to know some people have a good and safe time roaming free in a city but what about those not so fortunate? You know, the ones who make up the daily news about assaults and robberies and home invasions.

Home invasions were unheard of when rifle and shotgun possession was virtually unrestricted.
Rocket science is not required to understand that criminals are more reluctant to invade a home if they think the occupant may have a gun.
Now, unarmed occupants are easy to assault and rob.

Police patrol cities but there are no police anywhere in sight at night on an outback roadside, for example where the Falconio disappearance occurred in the NT.

What are outback fencing contractors or musterers supposed to do for defence when some criminal just walks into their remote camp, knowing nobody has a gun for defence?
When guns were available previously there was a deterrent factor that helped keep crime at bay.

The Greens seem to using gun debate for political purpose.
Why would a green organization have agenda involving guns and no agenda to question salmon aquaculture pollution that is condoned and apparently approved for a price by major conservation organizations?
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/four-corners/NC1604H040S00

There can be no doubt Australian coastal longshore current is driven northwards by winds from the south and south east.
That current transports heavy sand and dissolved and solid nutrient matter northwards, from Tasmania into waters of the Great Barrier Reef and Cape York.
Weather synopsis maps show the halo of sand circling Tasmania and sweeping northwards across Bass Strait. There are no sand islands off the coast of Tasmania.
The heavy sand falls over the Continental Shelf at Frazer Island and dissolved and lighter solid nutrient matter continues north westward into GBR lagoon waters.

Surely The Greens should be looking into the total nutrient load from all sources that can amount to nutrient overload pollution transported northwards by the Australian Sediment Dispersal System into the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem.
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/abstracts/pdf/2002/annual/short/ndx_43867.pdf.html

Why do the Greens have policy on guns and not on nutrient pollution flowing into GBR waters?