Hi Issy,

A bit of deflection there, we have strong criminal justice laws covering the illegal use of firearms, which are supported by all Greens MP's, plus the majority of responsible Liberal and Labor law makers. The Shooters Party were trying to run with a deceitful furphy, using so called tough on gun crime legislation to mask their true motive of watering down robust gun control laws, which was part of their proposed legislation. Please explain why the Shooters would not separate their proposed law into two parts. Tell us why both Liberal and Labor MP's also opposed their white ant legislation, and voted it down.

Issy at next party meeting recite this pertaining to that phony piece of legislation;

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

Abraham Lincoln.

HI there PAUL1405...

You know ol' man, I was thinking about you a moment ago, as I reviewed some of the remarks and exchanges made by many of the contributors here, on the emotive topic of firearms. Especially your own entrenched and blinkered opinions. Then it came to me as I was nibbling on one of my favourite tropical fruit, the Durian, how similar you are to that fruit, with your dogmatic opinions and narcissistic debating style.

As with the Durian, you are very much, 'green' on the outside (your politics), a 'yellow' coloured pulp on the inside (your courage), and have an altogether 'fetid odour' about you (your arguments)? But there's hope for you yet, to lose that unfortunate epithet; 'DURIAN'?

Like early toilet training you will learn that not everything that spews forth from your mouth, is fact. None of us have that particular gift. And like us all, we each have our strengths and our weaknesses, usually commensurate with our level of knowledge of a subject.

And your knowledge of firearms per se, is sadly lacking. Immeasurably in fact. It might prove beneficial, if you just sat quietly, and read many of the opinions that have been expressed here. There's a wealth of knowledge to be had, by quietly listening DURIAN.

I'm certainly no better than you. After all, it was once a great sage, who after much deliberation declared that I'm such a flawed individual suffering as I do from; GREED; HATE; & IGNORANCE. So there's no hope for me DURIAN, so be warned and listen.

Paul,
That still leaves the question of why, if half of what the shooters proposed was a good idea why didn’t someone propose it as a new motion and vote it in.

You still havent explained why the country, the USA, with the highest civilian gun ownership in the world has such a low murder rate.

You haven’t explained yet why you got the facts so wrong on Nigeria.

I do hope that you’ve done the right thing and informed the NSW authorities that you have new evidence in the Edwards case that will alter the Coroner’s findings.

Dearest wonderfulness o sung wu,

"I (o sung wu) was thinking about you (Paul1405) a moment ago" That's nice, I haven't given you a second thought since I posted "No problem, I will leave you to your personal deprivation" but its good you are thinking of me.

It must be frustrating, just like the school yard bully, sometimes it just don't go to script. There's this kid you want to slap, you need an excuse, so you throw your usual insults in an attempt to rark him up, and when he retaliates, you can justifiably give him that slap he so richly deserves. BUT things don't go to plan, the kid didn't retaliate like you expected, so frustrating . What does the bully do, he waits a time and out of the blue here he comes again with his barrage of insults hoping for the reaction that will justify a slapping down.

SORRY FELLA TO DISAPPOINT, BUT IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO STEW A BIT LONGER.

BTW; That was silly of that person to throw red paint on your Gung-Ho buddy, they should have thrown real blood something he would be more familiar with. As for the women who verbally attacked you, they thought they were only speaking the truth, but its a pity your wife had to be subjected to it as well, surely they didn't think she was a baby killer.

BBTW; As an ex pugilist is your nose splatted all over your face, and do you speak out of the side of your mouth? I sure you weren't fighting Rocky Marciano, but just one mug against another mug.

Paulie Baby aka the Durian Kid...

If, as you claim, my comments concerning your fundamentally flawed character are in no way worthy of you 'slapping me down', I must confess, I can know breathe much easier, without fearing being slapped down by some esoteric hand. PAULIE I know it will never be yours, that'll do the job, as you'll need to seek assistance of another to do it for you. Even though you claim to abhor violence? A curious contradiction I believe?

And true to form, there's no depths to the level of derision and disrespect you'll go, to insult some of the most venerated figures in our armed forces. Delighting in the spectacle of seeing a decorated Major, dressed A1s, covered in red paint as he continues to march unabated, with sword proudly held perpendicularly aloft, as he represents the latest Australian dead, killed in the Vietnam War.

Such a spectacle must cause peals of laughter from your Green colleagues; All of whom ensconced as they are, in Cowards Castle. FYI 'The Bronco Block Buster' as he was known, was one of the smallest World Heavyweight Boxing Champions, in the history of pugilism. His countenance reflected very little evidence of his boxing career, not so his Bank balance; Substantial! Which reminds me, how's your knitting circle progressing Paulie? And the Armourers School? You have quite a task ahead of you, trying to render inoperable all F/As.

I should've realised earlier Paulie, you come from that dreary party of Greens, those bearded sandal-wearers, and tedious fruit juice drinkers, unrelentingly snap around the heels of ordinary people who have no interest in them or their crazy policies on F/As or anything else. If their Green policies weren't so harmful to Australia, I'd recommend they take them to a Circus, where they'll surely gain a laugh or two from young infant children.

O Sung Wu- The major demonstrated admirable courage. Reminds me of the quote.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Some have it some don't.

Thanks for the story of "The major and the red paint". Kudos.