Dear o sung wu,

You wrote;

“It may well happen sooner than we think? “

National figure for robberies, murder, manslaughter and moter vehicle theft are all down significantly over the last 10 or so years. Why do you feel there is a rising rather than diminishing threat that would warrant our citizens being armed for their own protection?
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/facts/1-20/2014/1_recorded.html

Well, it does seem that the local media missed this or deliberately didn't report it, and that is my point;
or was it widely reported and we all missed it?

STEELEREDUX...

No, I was not thinking about crime per se, rather that of terrorism. And thankfully it may well be some time away yet? I was also thinking about a particularly interesting Doco, concerning Israel and the many attempts of Palestinians detonating IED's about the place and the many people I saw armed especially armed women dressed in ordinary attire. I'd not wish to live in a society where the overt carriage of a F/A was an accepted and necessary practice.

As it was for my Mother and her girl-friend during holidays from their Sydney School, in Malaya. On her father's Rubber Plantation. It appeared everybody and their dog carried a weapon in those days, due entirely to the threat from the Chinese Communists Terrorist during the Malayan Emergency of the 1940's to 1960's. From what I was told by my mother, they both thought it to be a great lark !

Issy, I know you suffer from the Dodge City syndrome, which if you recall was a friendly peace loving town of the old west, where everybody carried a gun, it also had a very large cemetery, called Boot Hill.
Just imagine for a minute, you are sitting in the food court of you local Westfield Shopping Center on a busy Saturday afternoon. along with about 400 other people, men, women and children,happens in hundreds of shopping centers all over Australia every week. All crowded in together enjoying the Macca's etc. Most of the adults are carrying a concealed gun, loaded ready for action. Suddenly a shot is fired, someone yells "terrorists"! What do you think is likely to happen?

p/s The gun was fired by little Johnny, who's mum, Mrs Howard had carelessly allowed Johnny to get it from her handbag while she was away getting the KFC!

Please tell me what you think would happen.

A funny one, an Indian bloke was telling me yesterday, he was abused at Central Station by a yobbo for being a Muslim Arab bastard! Strangly he's not Muslim, Arab or a bastard! But for some people it does not matter, they are all the same. That bloke should vote One Nation.

Nothing, Paul, KFC and Maccas are different places.

Paul1405,

Whatever it is you are putting in those handmade rollies, you are going to have to lay off it.