Hi there PAUL1405...

Point taken - when the consequences are so high, all the checks & balances must be foolproof. I don't believe there's a person alive that wouldn't agree with you. In every instance when someone unfit for purpose, is rejected from obtaining a F/A licence, and the 'System' picks him up - well that's a win to the system and the whole of society.

Problem is, the 'System' must win every time. But with the criminal class; or the emotionally; or psychologically unfit applicant, who has an evil intent with that F/A - we've got to nail him, 'first time'!

That's despite how adroit we are, and how jolly clever he is. With masquerading and concealing those matters & issues that will clearly disqualify him from obtaining that licence.

Perhaps in time the government may mandate all applicants for F/A licences be (i) printed & (ii) DNA'd BEFORE making a formal application. Moreover a reasonable waiting period should be attached to that licence. Will that prevent any further homicide's with F/A's? No not really, but it might just give some potential perpetrator pause, to perhaps cool down sufficiently before committing another EDWARDS style crime.

Hi o sung wu,

//Problem is, the 'System' must win every time.// There's the rub, no system can get it right ever time. Given my position on F/A I'm going to demand a perfect system, or no system at all. For now politicians are going to need to bite the bullet, sorry another pun, and overhaul a number of aspects in relation to legislation and procedural matters which an inquiry will no doubt highlight.

Paul,

In light of recent events in Perth and Bringelly, what's your position on scissors and knives?

You really should consider moving to America, Is Mise. They seem like your kind of people:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk

Toni,

Not my types, too conservative.

Paul,

How are you going with the evidence for the US NRA and the SSAA alleged (tinged with Green) financial links?

Steele,

How are you doing with some evidence to back up your wild and imaginative assertion that the gun laws have been weakened?

Hi Issy,

My position on scissors and knives remains unchanged, my wife is still using her scissors for the purpose they were designed for, cutting sowing material, and I still use a knife to cut my steak.

The Romans murdered millions and didn't use a gun once, so what is your point.The purpose of guns is to kill, on the other hand knives and scissors, unlike guns, their primary purpose is not as instruments of killing, but something different. Your way to justify gun murders, is to highlight murders committed with knives and scissors. Other than the fact they were used to commit murder there is no other relationship, apples and oranges my boy, apples and oranges!