Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Number of firearms is not a useful number. The ban had an exemption for bolt-actions used for farming.
When grandma has a handgun for catching the bus, there’s a problem.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The Australian gun lobby is comparatively the size of the NRA. The only reason we don’t hear as much is because culturally they have much higher hill to climb.
Realistically though the increased ownership are unlikely to be all farmers. And that’s a massive concern. Because the kind of person who wants a gun in Australia is generally the kind of person who shouldn’t have one.