• uglyduckling81@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s not true. You can get a gun licence pretty easily in Australia. Anyone that passes a police background check can get one. Yeah it takes 6 months but that’s probably a good thing as well. You can’t just make an irrational emotional decision and get a gun.

    Also the storage requirements are quite strict. You have to have a proper gun safe to own a gun.

    Then it’s only single shot rifles and some pistols. We also have no public carriage. You can only move guns around from point to point, not just casually carry them.

    It makes access to guns very hard for the average person. Yeah it doesn’t stop organised criminals having more dangerous weapons, but organised criminals aren’t going into schools and massacring people.

    Strict gun control has been a really positive decision in Australia. Those who want to go hunting, still can, but kids, teenagers and crazy bastards have a very hard time getting them.

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      1 year ago

      I suppose that’s true. I guess I was thinking about semi autos when I posted my comment and wasn’t considering much else. Pretty sure it’s impossible to get your hands on those as a civilian in Australia.