tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5035228937454649286..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Gun control in Australia and the USAHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72373652133642425022023-07-03T22:51:25.089+10:002023-07-03T22:51:25.089+10:00Bearco
Under no conditions should guns EVER be al...Bearco<br /><br />Under no conditions should guns EVER be allowed, other than the army and special police units. If Olympic shooters need to practise, they should have a space very distant from any population, and when they have finished, their guns must be locked in a sealed cupboard. <br /><br />Otherwise we could have the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre all over again :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-56943178814343685852023-07-03T18:33:51.913+10:002023-07-03T18:33:51.913+10:00You've explained the information very clearly ...You've explained the information very clearly in this blog. If you want to know more about <a href="https://bearcotraining.com/safety-response-training-for-places-of-worship/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Church Security Team</strong></a> so you can visit us.Bearco Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124100177533729817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-73558726593986866982018-02-28T17:50:38.851+11:002018-02-28T17:50:38.851+11:00River
:) I don't think so. Prisoners, smokers...River<br /><br />:) I don't think so. Prisoners, smokers and gun lovers can only be sent to another part of a nation's recognised territories or protectorates. <br /><br />Yet... yet... the USA's Guantanamo Bay detention camp is in Cuba! And Australia's asylum seekers and refugees have been locked away in the Republic of Nauru! So perhaps the North Pole may be an option after all.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17851597705384871522018-02-28T17:38:17.535+11:002018-02-28T17:38:17.535+11:00Train Man
The question is mind boggling, actually...Train Man<br /><br />The question is mind boggling, actually. If guns are allowed in a country in the hands of private citizens, no person is safe and no place is safe. The idea of a teacher gunning down his/her own students within a school is unthinkable, but so is the idea of gunning down teenagers in the street or in shops or banks.<br /><br />I personally know of only one gun killing - two friends of my children who were shot to death (in their sleep) in 1980 by their own parent. The school community, children now in their mid 40s and their late 60s parents, never recovered.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69015552755383296672018-02-28T13:30:14.933+11:002018-02-28T13:30:14.933+11:00I am with Sandi and would not allow my children to...I am with Sandi and would not allow my children to go to school in a country where teachers or students have guns.Train Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52448175633222474112018-02-28T06:51:55.499+11:002018-02-28T06:51:55.499+11:00Go further, there's a lot of empty space at th...Go further, there's a lot of empty space at the North Pole.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60819712346577033542018-02-27T19:39:34.283+11:002018-02-27T19:39:34.283+11:00River
Thanks for reading the post. We women meet ...River<br /><br />Thanks for reading the post. We women meet every Sunday brunch for coffee and company, and tackle a world problem for a couple of hours. In the past, we have analysed universal health care systems, what to do about Marine Le Pen, smoking in outdoor restaurants, mining on the Great Barrier Reef etc etc.<br /><br />The gun control issue in another country is probably not our concern, but we thought we would tackle it anyhow. Recognising that the American Constitution will probably not be changed any time soon, we limited our suggestions to possible changes at the state level. <br /><br />By the way I have a vested personal interest in getting guns as far away as possible - I have three first cousins who live in New York. Thus Alaska!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-92091183840352712892018-02-27T15:11:12.897+11:002018-02-27T15:11:12.897+11:00Re the Alaska suggestion: How is it fair that peac...Re the Alaska suggestion: How is it fair that peace loving Alaskans who don't own or want guns, will have to move out of their homeland to make way for trigger happy US citizens? <br />To me that's no solution at all. The gun laws in the US need to be changed and quickly and that's all there is to it. It will be hard, but it needs to be done.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-9346324134576526202018-02-26T11:57:58.243+11:002018-02-26T11:57:58.243+11:00Sandi
Mass murders are more than tolerated by the...Sandi<br /><br />Mass murders are more than tolerated by the government... they are actively encouraged. Think of gun shops with windows that invite in young men, gun trade shows, television programmes, NRA events etc etc. <br /><br />Until there is a total commitment to protecting every child and teenager from death using moral, godly and caring legislation, more and more parents will be burying their children.Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42925023976248459232018-02-26T06:28:16.570+11:002018-02-26T06:28:16.570+11:00The world has gone mad. I can not imagine sending ...The world has gone mad. I can not imagine sending my kids to a school where the teachers have to be armed. I can not imagine arming myself to be a teacher in a school. I also can not imagine what's happening in our schools here, but it is happening. I don't think the answer is more guns in more hands. We have a deep, deep heart issue in America today. I think we need God. Maybe some wouldn't agree with that, but we are right now discussing whether or not to turn schools in the O.K. Corral. Something is wrong...something huge.Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702620069148109246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84443715803801405732018-02-25T15:09:57.869+11:002018-02-25T15:09:57.869+11:00diane b
everyone's immediate reaction to the ...diane b<br /><br />everyone's immediate reaction to the four last school massacres in the USA is the same as yours - San Bernardino California, April 2017; Rancho Tehama Reserve California, Nov 2017; Aztec New Mexico, Dec 2017; Parkland Florida, Feb 2018. Since the Florida massacre, Trump has discussed minutely small gun limitations like raising the age for buying certain weapons, banning bump stocks and tougher background checks. But the notion of banning guns in private hands has not even been raised.<br /><br />Only one piece of modern American history gives me hope. Despite protests, sit ins, court cases, political interventions and tv coverage of the Vietnam War, nothing stopped the deaths: 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1.1 million North Vietnamese fighters, 225,000 South Vietnamese soldiers, 60,000 American soldiers, 600 Australian soldiers etc etc. We all believed that the Vietnam War was so barbaric and destructive that it would never, EVER end.<br /><br />Yet it did. The war that started in the middle 1950s did indeed end in 1975. Finally!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82864649015853414752018-02-25T13:18:45.234+11:002018-02-25T13:18:45.234+11:00I feel sorry for the Americans who want to change ...I feel sorry for the Americans who want to change the gun laws. They have no hope.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-13954807132728208192018-02-25T08:45:00.803+11:002018-02-25T08:45:00.803+11:00bazza
Unbelievable yes. Look at what some America...bazza<br /><br />Unbelievable yes. Look at what some American media commentators are actually saying.<br /><br />Fox News contributor Dinesh D'Souza has been mocking the school shooting victims in a series of tweets. He accused children mourning their classmates of engaging in politically orchestrated grief for the benefit of the cameras, and tweeted that the legislative defeat was the worst news since their parents told them to get summer jobs.<br /><br />Brutal claims have spread across Facebook and Twitter in the week since 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, while media commentators have cracked jokes and claimed students were being “used” by anti-Trump media. The students were crisis actors only pretending to have been caught up in the violence.<br /><br />Independent<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-shooting-survivors-dinesh-dsouza-mock-cpac-conspiracy-theory-crisis-actors-social-media-a8220716.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34091804743765134682018-02-25T01:36:49.012+11:002018-02-25T01:36:49.012+11:00If that were fiction it would be ridiculed as too ...If that were fiction it would be ridiculed as too far-fetched.....bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90860622587477865532018-02-24T21:17:53.938+11:002018-02-24T21:17:53.938+11:00bazza
The NRA did propose that since the so-calle...bazza<br /><br />The NRA did propose that since the so-called victims of gun murders were largely bikies, criminals, blacks, anti-Fascists and anti-Nazis anyway, there was no significant loss to the community. And that the white teenagers who are now making such a fuss in Florida and in the White House are secretly being supported and paid for by soft headed pinkos.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-92025516156221354072018-02-24T21:02:44.760+11:002018-02-24T21:02:44.760+11:00Parnassus
Taiwan's laws are an excellent exam...Parnassus<br /><br />Taiwan's laws are an excellent example of rigorous gun restrictions and regular inspections of anyone who has a licence. Like Japan, there have been murders in Taiwan, but not with guns.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31179244514476012462018-02-24T20:54:00.804+11:002018-02-24T20:54:00.804+11:00Andrew
I think I will change the name of our grou...Andrew<br /><br />I think I will change the name of our group to The Caulfield Anti Gun Coffee Club. That way the Americans will thank us for solving their mass murder problem by _eliminating_ guns. <br /><br />Your point about having an armed guard at the Florida high school is a good one - it both added _more_ guns to the community and it didn't save any student lives in any case.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69920128532421100432018-02-24T20:42:25.554+11:002018-02-24T20:42:25.554+11:00Ex-Pat
I don't think Japan ever had much of a...Ex-Pat<br /><br />I don't think Japan ever had much of a gun culture, but even less so after World War Two ended. Pacifism was important and their gun control laws were comprehensive and well policed. They have had mass murders since the war, but not with guns.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45782601383830593322018-02-24T20:31:51.424+11:002018-02-24T20:31:51.424+11:00I’m going to form a pro-guns, anti-LGBT coffee-clu...I’m going to form a pro-guns, anti-LGBT coffee-club. It will have no Muslims, Jews, disabled, left-handed or otherwise awkward types. No lefties, liberals, softies or pinkos will be admitted. Everyone will meet in a huge stadium but pyromaniacs will not be allowed in. There will be a special task for them.....<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s debonair Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84063106157358997592018-02-24T19:47:36.951+11:002018-02-24T19:47:36.951+11:00Hello Hels, Beware gun-problem solutions that fea...Hello Hels, Beware gun-problem solutions that feature more guns. I have said it before, but in Taiwan there are no guns and there is very little violent crime--you can walk in the most isolated and dilapidated areas or alleys late at night without fear of assault, stray gunfire, or other problems.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51530326227504410862018-02-24T09:34:16.660+11:002018-02-24T09:34:16.660+11:00Can I join the Caulfield Gun-Coffee Club? I don...Can I join the Caulfield Gun-Coffee Club? I don't have a gun, but I do like coffee and I believe the club's proposed solution to the US gun problem is excellent.<br /><br />I would have taken the blessing of the straight gun toting couples as a mildly amusing piece of humorous writing if it was in any country other than the US. <br /><br />It mystifies me that as the citizens of the US gaze around the world at other Western countries, and perhaps they don't do a lot of that, that they cannot see that other countries don't have such a problem and ask themselves why is this so. Please, they don't have to look far, just across their northern border.<br /><br />Trumpet's armed teacher solution fell rather flat once we learnt that there was a professional armed guard stationed at the school.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30015551459220613302018-02-24T09:23:54.044+11:002018-02-24T09:23:54.044+11:00Japan also has moral anti-gun laws which could pro...Japan also has moral anti-gun laws which could provide a model to the USA.Ex Patnoreply@blogger.com