Hi Gang,
Once again, I really apologise for starting this thread.
It's turning FP Geek against FP Geek. I'm worried that someone will accuse someone else of using a ballpoint pen and then all hell will really break loose.
But seriously, as an outsider to the US I originally started this to try and get an understanding of why every time there's a mass shooting in the US, one side of it talks up banning guns and the other side goes all out to shut them down. Meanwhile a good chunk of the population goes to their local gun store and votes with their feet by coming home with a shiny new AR-15.
As a thought experiment imagine what would happen if this president, or the next, initiated the process to repeal the 2nd Amendment (Please don't flame me if this isn't how it works in the US, I really have no idea how your system works). I fear that US politics would journey down an even darker place which would likely turn into mass demonstrations that could escalate into riots in hot spots all over the US.
My thinking is that both Obama and Clinton know how it could unfold and so rather than unleash a whirlwind they both talk a big a game that ends in business as usual.
To hoist my colours to the mast, I knew a couple of people that were killed at the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 and while I've fired my fair share of guns, I happy that we have solid gun restrictions here in Oz and I think that we have balance about right. For me, I think it's just a better way to live, but I'm sure others will disagree.
Please, lets just leave it all there, turn off the lights and shut the door.
Cheers,
Noel
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