This tragedy should never happen again. It shouldn’t have happened at all.
GoneSilent on
Some of the weapons turned in during the last buy back….pipes with a nail and welded handle…was a youtube of a guy who pushed it as far as he could with what would be accepted. For a cost of $30AUD in parts you could get $300AUD for a buy back. Buy backs are kind of pointless in the age of self manufacturing and 3d printing.
EDIT: not saying to do fraud but hope the .au gov learned from last time.
goater10 on
Much better than “Thoughts and Prayers”
LionlyLion on
I’m pro gun control but how does this address the issue? Are terrorists gonna be handing their guns over to the government?
IGotBiggerProblems on
Ask Canada how that’s going.
StrangerFew2424 on
Must be nice to live in a country that actually tries to do things to decrease gun violence… 😔
BigButtBeads on
Canada is currently trying this
And is failing miserably. Our public safety minister, the guy in charge of it, accidentally said on a hot mic that its useless and wont do anything for crime
Our pilot program ran for 6 weeks, and the government has refused requests for results. Estimates are as low as 10 firearms
Its an old virtue signaling justin trudeau project
Edit: everything I’ve said here is true, whether you disagree or not
TheRamblingPeacock on
Well this comment section sure seems reasonable and balanced 😂
Mizderem420h on
This is incredibly stupid and he’s effectively just ensured that Labor loses the next federal election.
This was never a “gun” issue. The licensing system is full of loopholes and gaps that allow people unfit to own and retain weapons legally.
This was a religious extremist act. By sidestepping this and not taking appropriate actions by removing these extremists and their families (irrespective of religion, if they’re not a citizen and they’re threatening the safety or lives of anyone, their assets should be seized and they should be removed from the country), Labor is stating that religion is above the country’s laws and citizens. There can’t be half measures against this.
Australia has no specific religious culture and citizens are generally respectful of people’s beliefs, so long as they’re not forced upon others.
Edit: Seeing as I’m getting downvoted anyway. It is NOT racist to remove non citizens from a country when they threaten the very fabric upon which the country operates.
Every human has rights to their belief systems and to celebrate their culture without worrying about their safety.
As a multicultural country, it’s more important than ever that the government actually took a stance that would show any citizen or people wanting to move here that the laws that ensure safety are paramount and you’re not welcome if you don’t want to adhere to it.
XtremeBadgerVII on
Gun buybacks are the biggest waste of taxpayer money. They buy all POS guns at a fixed price and destroy them. It’s only morons who trust the govt that turn their guns in. Why tf would a criminal choose to give up their weapon.
gigglesmage69 on
Why is the number of guns he had the issue? Hunters have a wide range of firearms with different calibres for different animals. *not saying his were for hunting. I am just wondering why the amount is the issue
Hippopotamus-Hump-Ya on
Lol bad people will always find a way to do bad things. All they’re doing is buying back guns from the good people while the bad people will continue to hold them and use them to their advantage.
XX_AppleSauce on
I thought they already bought back all the guns. I’m not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand.
How did the guns come back?
Sr_DingDong on
Why? the issue was that you didn’t take the guns off someone who you knew to be associated with isis types.
JCMGamer on
They can’t buyback something they never owned, its just confiscation with a little reimbursement.
sfworkwork on
As an aussie who has voted labour pretty much since I was born, this policy is fucking stupid and doesn’t address the radicalization issues at all?
Stoopidee on
Emu’s rubbing their hands in glee.
Foreign-Employee-627 on
Yeah ban Muslims not guns 14 terrorist attacks since 2014 1 mass shooting in 30 years guns aren’t the problem letting in 3rd world Savage’s is
penguinpolitician on
They already have strict gun laws yet somehow the father was allowed 6 of them even though his son was on a watch list.
How about do something about people on watch lists? Like, not let them or their family members buy guns?
CombatRedRover on
Before the 1996 “buyback”, firearms were registered in Australia but it was (according to Google) inconsistent. So there were loopholes for some firearms to fall through the cracks.
Honestly, enough of a majority of firearms were probably registered before 1996 that any that fell through the cracks AND were then purposely kept off the register were relatively few in number and not a big deal.
Australia knows where the guns are, and if it chooses to do so can practically and to at least a 90% (wild assed guess) efficiency confiscate the firearms in civilian inventory.
That is not a suggestion, that is not an endorsement, that is not support. It’s just practical reality, if Australia chooses to do so.
And as is common anywhere online, making this about the US, a good 90% of firearms in the US are NOT registered, and the number of firearms not in any registry number in the many, many millions. At least 8 digits, probably 9 digits. Good news: it’s not in the 10 digits, unless/until 3D printed firearms become seriously more reliable/safe to fire. That makes any kind of effective firearms confiscation in the US so ridiculous and counterproductive that only absolute idiots would propose it.
I fully expect American politicians to propose it. Because they have, and semi-regularly do so.
likeonions on
I’m sure all the terrorists will be lining up
DARKSTAIN on
That really only took a week. The fuk America
Cute_Operation3923 on
send them to ukraine
AusTex2019 on
What makes this possible in Australia and impossible in the USA?
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This tragedy should never happen again. It shouldn’t have happened at all.
Some of the weapons turned in during the last buy back….pipes with a nail and welded handle…was a youtube of a guy who pushed it as far as he could with what would be accepted. For a cost of $30AUD in parts you could get $300AUD for a buy back. Buy backs are kind of pointless in the age of self manufacturing and 3d printing.
EDIT: not saying to do fraud but hope the .au gov learned from last time.
Much better than “Thoughts and Prayers”
I’m pro gun control but how does this address the issue? Are terrorists gonna be handing their guns over to the government?
Ask Canada how that’s going.
Must be nice to live in a country that actually tries to do things to decrease gun violence… 😔
Canada is currently trying this
And is failing miserably. Our public safety minister, the guy in charge of it, accidentally said on a hot mic that its useless and wont do anything for crime
Our pilot program ran for 6 weeks, and the government has refused requests for results. Estimates are as low as 10 firearms
Its an old virtue signaling justin trudeau project
Edit: everything I’ve said here is true, whether you disagree or not
Well this comment section sure seems reasonable and balanced 😂
This is incredibly stupid and he’s effectively just ensured that Labor loses the next federal election.
This was never a “gun” issue. The licensing system is full of loopholes and gaps that allow people unfit to own and retain weapons legally.
This was a religious extremist act. By sidestepping this and not taking appropriate actions by removing these extremists and their families (irrespective of religion, if they’re not a citizen and they’re threatening the safety or lives of anyone, their assets should be seized and they should be removed from the country), Labor is stating that religion is above the country’s laws and citizens. There can’t be half measures against this.
Australia has no specific religious culture and citizens are generally respectful of people’s beliefs, so long as they’re not forced upon others.
Edit: Seeing as I’m getting downvoted anyway. It is NOT racist to remove non citizens from a country when they threaten the very fabric upon which the country operates.
Every human has rights to their belief systems and to celebrate their culture without worrying about their safety.
As a multicultural country, it’s more important than ever that the government actually took a stance that would show any citizen or people wanting to move here that the laws that ensure safety are paramount and you’re not welcome if you don’t want to adhere to it.
Gun buybacks are the biggest waste of taxpayer money. They buy all POS guns at a fixed price and destroy them. It’s only morons who trust the govt that turn their guns in. Why tf would a criminal choose to give up their weapon.
Why is the number of guns he had the issue? Hunters have a wide range of firearms with different calibres for different animals. *not saying his were for hunting. I am just wondering why the amount is the issue
Lol bad people will always find a way to do bad things. All they’re doing is buying back guns from the good people while the bad people will continue to hold them and use them to their advantage.
I thought they already bought back all the guns. I’m not trying to be difficult, just trying to understand.
How did the guns come back?
Why? the issue was that you didn’t take the guns off someone who you knew to be associated with isis types.
They can’t buyback something they never owned, its just confiscation with a little reimbursement.
As an aussie who has voted labour pretty much since I was born, this policy is fucking stupid and doesn’t address the radicalization issues at all?
Emu’s rubbing their hands in glee.
Yeah ban Muslims not guns 14 terrorist attacks since 2014 1 mass shooting in 30 years guns aren’t the problem letting in 3rd world Savage’s is
They already have strict gun laws yet somehow the father was allowed 6 of them even though his son was on a watch list.
How about do something about people on watch lists? Like, not let them or their family members buy guns?
Before the 1996 “buyback”, firearms were registered in Australia but it was (according to Google) inconsistent. So there were loopholes for some firearms to fall through the cracks.
Honestly, enough of a majority of firearms were probably registered before 1996 that any that fell through the cracks AND were then purposely kept off the register were relatively few in number and not a big deal.
Australia knows where the guns are, and if it chooses to do so can practically and to at least a 90% (wild assed guess) efficiency confiscate the firearms in civilian inventory.
That is not a suggestion, that is not an endorsement, that is not support. It’s just practical reality, if Australia chooses to do so.
And as is common anywhere online, making this about the US, a good 90% of firearms in the US are NOT registered, and the number of firearms not in any registry number in the many, many millions. At least 8 digits, probably 9 digits. Good news: it’s not in the 10 digits, unless/until 3D printed firearms become seriously more reliable/safe to fire. That makes any kind of effective firearms confiscation in the US so ridiculous and counterproductive that only absolute idiots would propose it.
I fully expect American politicians to propose it. Because they have, and semi-regularly do so.
I’m sure all the terrorists will be lining up
That really only took a week. The fuk America
send them to ukraine
What makes this possible in Australia and impossible in the USA?
Sell to Ukraine