No second prises, Paul.

Paul, I want to answer your question about whether we should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
The answer is an emphatically strong YES!
I have already written about what happened recently in Florida.
Oldies are allowed to carry in Florida.
Are the oldies in Florida more capable and more mature than Aussie oldies?
If there is ONE person allowed to do something, then it is only appropriate that others be also allowed, otherwise it is discrimination.
By all means have checks and balances, but ultimately WE must be allowed to choose.
It is part of our right to freedom of choice.
People can bang on about how dangerous guns are.
This is an old chestnut and we don't need to revisit it here.
There are many things being done which are more dangerous and more obvious than a hand gun.

Paul1405 probably agrees with Stalin's line "Ideas are more dangerous than guns. People aren't allowed to carry guns. Why should we let them think?" Some peoples in history have naively allowed themselves to be disarmed and disenfranchised by their governments. Power is a balance- in this case between the government and the governed. In every course of action there is risk- it's our path to heaven and hell- we have to choose. Petrol can be used to fuel cars or to explode- but a car is designed in a way that minimizes the risk and maximizes the benefit - power requires responsibility. The power of self determination requires discipline and decisiveness. You must live with your mistakes.

//I have already written about what happened recently in Florida.//

Must have missed that bit. Were you referring to Orlando nightclub shooting, the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting or the Jacksonville game tournament shooting? I'll assume it's the game tournament shooting because that's the most recent.

//Are the oldies in Florida more capable and more mature than Aussie oldies?//

I don't know, but it would seem that Florida gun owners in general are not particularly mature. Frankly, I'm not sure that Australians would prove to be so either if we had gun laws like Florida. And I'd really rather not find out the hard way.

//If there is ONE person allowed to do something, then it is only appropriate that others be also allowed, otherwise it is discrimination.//

Sorry, are you really trying to say that it's discriminatory if you're prevented from doing something under Australian law but it's legal under the laws of another country? O.... kay.

Not sure you've fully thought this one through. Did you know that until fairly recently, the age of consent in the Vatican was 12? In some countries, illegal drugs are decriminalised or legalised. Is that something you really want? Australia makes enough bad laws of its own without importing them from other countries.

Hi Toni,

There you go again, denying, my right as a man to have babies! Stop oppressing me. From now on I want you to call me Loretta.

Hi CM

//Paul1405 probably agrees with Stalin's line "Ideas are more dangerous than guns."// In Stalinist Russia that probably was true, well at least for Stalin."

"The pen is mightier than the sword" Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1839, If Eddie had much knowledge of guns, he probably would have included them as well (with the swards not the pens).

Canem Malum probably agrees with Hitler's line "It is cruel to keep a goldfish in a bowl." I do, does that make me a Nazi?

Paul, just a quick 'heads up'.
I'm not sure, because I know nothing about computers, but I wonder if anyone else is having trouble with your posts.
Whenever one of your comments come up, and I click on it, I see a rather large group of blue or red letters. (can't remember which)
Nothing like other previous and current commentors.
I don't know if your system has been attacked or mine.
As I said ALL the other posts are fine, so far, nothing has changed, only yours.
I can't afford the risk of infecting my system if it is a virus.
I wonder, has anyone else experienced the same problem or is it only your posts when they connect to my computer?
Anyone?