At a conference in the Whitehouse last week survivors and families of those students and teachers shot at the Parkland, Florida school were pushing Donald Trump to tighten up gun laws.
One student told the President that Australia’s gun laws were a model for the world. This poor fella had been seriously misinformed. A reader kindly prepared a timeline of gun related deaths across Australia AFTER PM Johnnie Howard and Deputy Tim Fischer’s stringent new gun laws came into effect. It speaks for itself and shows how misleading the Australian media can be.
Cairns News does not support individual gun registration because of its inaccuracy, enormous cost for little benefit and inconvenience for all gun owners.
2016 port lincoln shooting 5 killed. I live in port lincoln on the eyre peninsular since 1969 this one slipped by me . I can`t find any details. was this a misprint. I tend towards some of the the previous writers comments.
This to me is a great joke…Gun Control…will Never be controlled…and as the face of our country has dramatically CHANGED….with all DIFFERENT TYPES…gun protection may be necessary in times a head…
Our Farmers NEED GUNS..for the protection of their stock….
BUT the people of Australia also need to protection for their families….Ugly is only one word to describe WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR SUNBURNT COUNTRY?
Other Nationalities come from countries which aren’t set to the same standards as we have here(but has taken a step backwards)
Guns…..a Knife…a Samurai Sword…..a piece of Rope a Wire…..
WHEN DOES THIS STOP..?
SELF DEFENCE is a LAW….
Who are the majority of the shooters. What nationality