Dimand
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- Comment on Four-year-old boy dies after car crashes into shopping centre in Canberra 2 weeks ago:
I actually think we have excellent gun laws and I expect the net effect of the upcoming changes will largely be positive as well.
However strongly disagree that just because the designer of the car wasn’t thinking it would be used to kill things, makes the car less dangerous than it is. I honestly wish people treated cars with a much closer attitude to firearms, a machine with potential to do incredible damage and harm if used incorrectly.
I do wonder what the outcome would have been if the Bondi terrorists had used cars instead of firearms. Probably a lot of sadness, a few bollards and a political, “guess there is nothing we can do about this”.
- Comment on Four-year-old boy dies after car crashes into shopping centre in Canberra 2 weeks ago:
Why? Cars are incredibly dangerous devices, even though modern cars are designed to 'feel" safe. Hell you even need a licence to use one. Many people that drive have no idea how much damage they are capable of behind the wheel and are totally complacent.
If they didn’t have such incredible utility, they would be far more restricted.
- Comment on Australia’s strongest gun reform since the Port Arthur massacre has become law. Here’s what you need to know 2 weeks ago:
I would say it’s pretty typical of all Aus communication and intelligence legislation from the last 20 years. Put total overreach into the legislation then apply it selectively, because scary terrorists or scary guns or fucking bunyips, idk.
I have seen a lot of wives and mates getting gun licences recently. Pretty easy way to overcome the rather pointless quantity limitations. In some ways I worry the number limits may actually increase the spread of firearms in the country.
- Comment on Australia’s red and yellow beach flags can confuse tourists. Is it time to change them? 4 weeks ago:
No. Some people will continue to be morons no mater what changes. The studly might as well find that 50% of people have below median intelligence.
Green implies safe, swimming at the beach is never safe, even for a strong swimmer. There are dozens of pictorial danger signs at popular beaches and usually signs about how to interpret the flags.
- Comment on RSS Feeds haven't been working in Aussie Zone a while - please fix them. 1 month ago:
- Comment on RSS Feeds haven't been working in Aussie Zone a while - please fix them. 1 month ago:
I was having weird 403 issues with the summit app and fixed it by changing the user agent.
- Comment on Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre 1 month ago:
I like the idea of a case by case assessment. I feel like they should have already been doing this in the background and questioning people with sus armouries.
But I strongly disagree with the removal of the class system. I know it will get abused and some yahoo will successfully argue they need a semi auto rifle for some stupid reason and get it without having to go through the current class C license requirements.
Our class system is very effective and shouldn’t be watered down because of this.
- Comment on Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre 1 month ago:
Only with safety training and a valid reason for fun activities!
- Comment on Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre 1 month ago:
It is true that after he was disarmed he went and got another gun. The gun number argument feels like an ineffective bandaid though.
Is the collector with 20+ break action shotguns that are all over 60 years old and enjoys showing them off at the trap range is a worry, almost certainly not.
What about some random guy with two very similar straight pull shotguns that can easily be modified to a higher capacity mag. And who just put in an application for their 3rd and 4th very similar guns (within say a hypothetical 4 gun limit).
I would hope that the second person gets a much closer look over than the first. This is where an electronic national register and the resources to have closer individual scrutiny would be far more effective.
- Comment on Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre 1 month ago:
There is some truth to this though the author is leaning pretty heavily one way.
To be a member of a sporting club I need to be a paid SSAA (Sports Shooting Association Australia) member. And the SSAA lobbies for changes in gun restrictions that I fundamentally disagree with.
This is one of the main reasons I quit my membership and went rec hunting only when I renewed my license.
- Comment on Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre 1 month ago:
I would like to see some reform from this.
I would very much like to see the national electronic register implanted fast and effectively along with nationally consistent laws. The current paper form system here in the ACT feels very outdated and I’m sure that the information transfer is slow and difficult.
I would also like to see them change straight pull action rifles and shotguns to class C. I think there is a good argument for Adler style lever action shotguns to be class C as well. I feel like the legislation has not kept up here and the fire rate of these guns is a bit too high.
I’m not against the citizen only limitation (noting it won’t affect me) but I’m not sure if excluding permanent residents will have any significant impact.
In terms of number limits, I am also unsure if this will have any significant influence. To me, even 1 gun is enough to be very dangerous. You can’t really shoot more than one at a time. It’s not like explosives where the total amount directly correlates to more dangerous. I would feel bad if I inherited my great great grandfather’s still functional shotgun and had to destroy a 120 year old antique because I already had 2 other guns.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 2 months ago:
Love it!
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 2 months ago:
There is no way some other lazy person hasn’t done the same thing I did.
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 3 months ago:
Don’t mess with bats, and never fucking eat them!
- Comment on ‘A fundamental part of growing up’: Why Aussie kids can’t swim any more 4 months ago:
They threw us in the deep end with trackpants and a jumper on and we had to tread water for 5 minutes back when I was like 12. Then we had to take off the heavy clothes in the water and do 50 m. I feel like one of the teachers had a clipboard marking us off, but at least at my school it was expected that every kid could manage that.
- Comment on Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control 5 months ago:
The fuck? Why does the guardian have a second crappy researched Aus gun laws article in the space of three days??? I literally just scrolled up from the previous one on my Lemmy feed.
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 5 months ago:
You can get them with the right licence. It’s only for professional hunters I believe but I have never looked into details. They are rightfully much harder to get than a typical class A/B licence.
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 5 months ago:
That’s some heavy shit man!
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 5 months ago:
I mean most families don’t need more than one car, but some people like to buy lots of them.
I grew up rural and it was very rare to see a farm with more than five guns, most would never “need” more than two. If someone registers and properly stores a large collection through legal channels then I have trouble taking issue with it regardless of their location. Most rifle ranges are in or near cities and even if you were aiming for a single arm per modern calibre, you are talking about dozens of guns.
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 5 months ago:
You took it home?!? And that is the done thing? Do they pay you to install a handgun safe??? Pistols are scary, it’s too easy to change your line of fire.
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 5 months ago:
This article has some huge issues.
As mentioned already, the type of gun matters a lot. Not mention of how many are semi auto, but I am guessing it won’t be many.
Also no accounting for population growth over the last 30 years as a factor in total gun numbers.
This paragraph was absolutely journalistic garbage.
“NSW firearm registry data shows that in Sydney there are more than 70 individuals who own more than 100 firearms, including one person who owns 385 guns. The register notes that this is not a collector or a dealer.”
Clearly this is a hobby/interest and the person is a collector with too much time and money (good for them I guess). What they don’t have is a “collectors” licence that effectively means they cannot ever use their guns. A licenced collector will usually have inoperable firearms on display (think museum).
All that said, the SSAA and others do have a higher than normal concentration of right wing nuts that continuously lobby the government to weaken our excellent (imo) gun laws. It’s why I stopped giving them any of my money.
- Comment on Australian Government funnelled $2.5B to Israeli arms manufacturers 5 months ago:
I have noticed the quality of Michael West deteriorating significantly over the last year or so. Not that I don’t open any news article with a healthy dose of scepticism but it feels like they used to do better.
- Comment on If regulated properly, ebikes could one day replace cars for millions of Australians 5 months ago:
My unregulated ebike seems to work pretty well as a car replacement.
- Comment on More AZ issues 19/8/25 5 months ago:
Much improved compared to earlier today. Many thanks for your work.
- Comment on AZ issues 16/8/25 5 months ago:
I noticed comments have been very slow to load recently. Guessing this was the issue.
- Comment on Card payment surcharges should be banned for debit and credit payments, RBA says 6 months ago:
I have seen plenty of places here charging a percentage rate for debit card use, as recently as last week. Not saying they should but it happens.
Who ends up benefiting from all the cash skimming I’m not sure, but chances are they are already filthy rich.
- Comment on Card payment surcharges should be banned for debit and credit payments, RBA says 6 months ago:
Oh for sure. Cash is expensive to count, store and move. Never understood how an armour guard car with 2 people emptying ticket machines made much sense, even back in the day.
However, the infrastructure to run electronics payments is not trivial. The combination of volume, security and reliability needed adds up in hardware and software. I doubt it will ever be free to transfer money in any form.
- Comment on Card payment surcharges should be banned for debit and credit payments, RBA says 6 months ago:
I’m with the RBA on this one. The price on the sticker should be what I pay no matter the format I pay in. It’s one of the great things about aus.
Cash still has significant overhead and businesses manage to account for that. Digital should be no different.
- Comment on Be aware that buying electrical items from Ali Express might not be too clever. 7 months ago:
Nah mate. The transformer is usually used as an inductor for the switch mode conversion.
It looks like you have it right though. The big brown cap should be rated for 250v + and will be on the mains AC side.
The DC side will have lower voltage rated smoothing caps.
Post the link to the device or better photos and I’ll have a closer look for you.
- Comment on We are seeing some vote manipulation 8 months ago:
Nothing is secret on the internet these days.