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BBs in Australia Liam and Arctic. Don't be so casual about the crime rate in Australia. The Australian Institute of Criminology report "Australian Crime Facts and Figures" showed serious assaults since 1996, to have been increasing at 5 times the population increase! Clubs, pubs and shopping...

What does "Calibre" mean Well, apart from the small detail of Americans spelling it differently to everyone else, "calibre" is simply the diameter of the projectile. Like, a 30 calibre projectile has a diameter of .308 inches. (Yes, I know , "inches" is an ancient measurement, but shooters and...

Aussie Gun Study FYI, my letter to editor of Sydney Morning Herald, as yet unpublished! The “Opinion” piece in SMH 26.10.2006, by Don Weatherburn, “Study no excuse to shoot down the law” is “illogical” and includes some glaring mistakes. Don Weatherburn claims that “Countries with more guns...

Essay on Gun Control MikeB 3185: For data on the way Australians have suffered under Gun Control you may check, www.class.org.au and www.ssaa.org.au www.cfcv.org.au and www.acgq.org For all the billions of dollars the government wasted on gun buy backs and gun crushing, the OECD announced...

Robertau1788: Further recent comments from Australia's National Party: Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Queensland. "We should never have given in on the 1996 gun laws". Russell Cooper, ex-Queensland Police Minister in Nationals (1996) State Government. "The Howard gun laws were so unpopular that the...

Aussie Gun Control Yes, things are pretty grim here in the Land Down Under. However, many of us are still chipping away.After the anti-gun article in Daily Telegraph (Sydney's Murdoch tabloid) I sent in following letter. It was not published, but a couple of similar ones were, along with part...

To: Dev Null. Have just re-read your initial posting and I see it is from your friend in Australia. Sorry I didn't see it at first, but hope you will pass my response onto her. The quotes I gave are directly from AIC "Australian Crime. Facts and figures 2004". Note that I have been trying to get...

In response to Dev Nul, it should be remembered that the Australian Institute of Criminology is a Government Department, which mostly put the data in a form which suits Government agenda. E.g. in early 2003, in a "leak" to the Murdoch Press, they announced, and the headlines read, "Gun Murders...

Canadian friends who, for the past 15 years had been taking their northern winter holidays in New Zealand, had been reluctant to travel to Australia. When quizzed, they explained that the prospect of visiting Australia conjured up memories of headlines like “Another Shark Attack†and...