To those referring to the gun owners of Australia and new Zealand as cowards or sheep for obeying the laws imposed upon them, perhaps some facts can demonstrate that your vitriol is misplaced.
As a law abiding gun owner living in Australia, a country where gun banning has already happened and is steadily increasing, I feel the need to point out that we do not have the protections you enjoy in the US.
We only have 5 very basic rights in our constitution:
These are the right to vote (Section 41), protection against acquisition of property on unjust terms (Section 51 (xxxi)), the right to a trial by jury (Section 80), freedom of religion (Section 116) and prohibition of discrimination on the basis of State of residency (Section 117).
That's it.
It should be kept in mind that a people can't give up a right they never had in the first place.
Gun owners in Australia are a minority of the population, with the number of households owning at least one firearm declining by 75% in the last 30 yrs.
The only alternative that currently law abiding firearm owners have in such a system is mass disobedience, which would render them criminals under that system, and give the gun banners the opportunity to take those few we are allowed to have.
Ridiculing those of us born into a system we have no power to change, due to the way that system works may give a sense of superiority, but believe me, our personal outrage at our situation far outweighs your disdain.
As a law abiding gun owner living in Australia, a country where gun banning has already happened and is steadily increasing, I feel the need to point out that we do not have the protections you enjoy in the US.
We only have 5 very basic rights in our constitution:
These are the right to vote (Section 41), protection against acquisition of property on unjust terms (Section 51 (xxxi)), the right to a trial by jury (Section 80), freedom of religion (Section 116) and prohibition of discrimination on the basis of State of residency (Section 117).
That's it.
It should be kept in mind that a people can't give up a right they never had in the first place.
Gun owners in Australia are a minority of the population, with the number of households owning at least one firearm declining by 75% in the last 30 yrs.
The only alternative that currently law abiding firearm owners have in such a system is mass disobedience, which would render them criminals under that system, and give the gun banners the opportunity to take those few we are allowed to have.
Ridiculing those of us born into a system we have no power to change, due to the way that system works may give a sense of superiority, but believe me, our personal outrage at our situation far outweighs your disdain.
