@discernable is a law abiding Australian farmer and firearms user. This is his statement following the massacre of Jews celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach in Australia this past Sunday. My response is as an American to Americans below discernable’s heartwrenching commentary.
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“Australians will never accept guns.
As a law abiding Australian farmer and firearms user, I know that further restricting gun rights (we actually dont have any rights, we have ‘exemptions’ to possess prohibited weapons) will not solve our terrorism problem.
I know that if we had more ‘good guys with guns’ Bondi would have ended much sooner.
I would not have hesitated to put myself on the line and shoot back (it’s a moral obligation if you are trained and armed) but I would also never take my rifle to the beach so I’d never have the opportunity.
If you try to roll out safe, well trained and well armed gun culture to everyday Australians (like Texas), Im afraid all you’ll get is mass accidents.
Our population has been infantalised for so many generations, I’m not even sure we would function for 1 week in a USA style ‘government shutdown’… we really on government so much.
It’s now in our bones.
We just rejected castle law (defend your home) and despite knowing cops either aren’t coming or might be here in 2 HOURS, we still think the *right* thing to do is always to call the cops, then hide and wait.
Our population is entirely urbanised and never sees guns. We think guns magically leap off the table and explosively massacre everyone in the room.
They are magical, dangerous ‘weapons of mass destruction’ (Premier of NSW) to nearly all of us.
My plan is to simply minimise city trips and mass gatherings, stay rural as much as possible. At least everyone out here is less neurotic and doesn’t call the cops in a panic when they see a dead deer on the road (yes happened recently).”
Doris’ response: We Americans with a 2A still intact (despite constant attempts to chip away at the “shall not infringe” part) must learn from the massacre at the Chabad Chanukah gathering at Bondi Beach in Australia. The only one to legally have a gun was one of the shooters. One of six guns. The police who did nothing were also armed. The lesson here that we are all too familiar with is that when The People are disarmed only government and criminals will be armed. That is the goal of all gun control.
