Well said Crazy,
As well - the hypothetical situation lacks one essential piece of information. In Australia (and I'm pretty sure the UK), we never had the 'right' to carry and conceal a weapon at any time (well - not in the last century or more...). I will also point out that most of those actually effected by the ban weren't going on about how unsafe they now felt... they were talking about their sport...a point which I've already addressed (we won medals in shooting!).
That video propaganda might be all well and good for US, but for down here and the UK, it's a bit of a laugh - if it weren't taken so seriously!
Just last night, a ?57 year old man was shot dead in Geelong, Victoria. It made the news. Did it cause a big uproar? Nope. Why not? Because he was a gang member on another gang's turf. What did cause an uproar was that shootings still happen, and civilians can get hurt in them... the sort of civilian you are proposing to pull out their Smith and Wesson, or Colt, or Glock, or even AK, and join in....
Shootings are incredibly rare. So too are armed holdups. Even rarer are armed holdups where someone is shot and killed. Having a service station attendant pull a gun on a shotgun weilding robber is a recipe for disaster.
And the ban on guns in Oz and UK has NOT created a massive increase in crime, now that criminals feel 'safer' holding someone up... Your argument just does not hold water...
As well - the hypothetical situation lacks one essential piece of information. In Australia (and I'm pretty sure the UK), we never had the 'right' to carry and conceal a weapon at any time (well - not in the last century or more...). I will also point out that most of those actually effected by the ban weren't going on about how unsafe they now felt... they were talking about their sport...a point which I've already addressed (we won medals in shooting!).
That video propaganda might be all well and good for US, but for down here and the UK, it's a bit of a laugh - if it weren't taken so seriously!
Just last night, a ?57 year old man was shot dead in Geelong, Victoria. It made the news. Did it cause a big uproar? Nope. Why not? Because he was a gang member on another gang's turf. What did cause an uproar was that shootings still happen, and civilians can get hurt in them... the sort of civilian you are proposing to pull out their Smith and Wesson, or Colt, or Glock, or even AK, and join in....
Shootings are incredibly rare. So too are armed holdups. Even rarer are armed holdups where someone is shot and killed. Having a service station attendant pull a gun on a shotgun weilding robber is a recipe for disaster.
And the ban on guns in Oz and UK has NOT created a massive increase in crime, now that criminals feel 'safer' holding someone up... Your argument just does not hold water...
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