Bruce in West Oz
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This is New South Wales, in Australia, from The Daily Telegraph today.
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=2644345
Does the word "paint" have any meaning for this useful idiot?
Incidentally, the 43 000 weapons "seized" is a deliberate deception. These were legally held firearms that the police forced people to give up under the second compulsory "buyback" across Australia (handguns this time), which banned handguns over .38 cal, made 10-shot mags the limit, and made barrel length under 120 mm (4.7244094") illegal. The guns that didn't comply were taken, crushed, and the owners paid what the government considered a "fair price".
Coloured guns to halt evil market
By MATT SUN
February 11, 2005
GUNS carried by security guards could be coloured orange in a bid to stop them being stolen by criminals.
Making the guns brightly coloured would make them harder to conceal and less attractive to criminals, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said yesterday.
It is just one of the measures being considered in the war against illegal firearms.
The idea follows the theft of two pistols and thousands of dollars from security guards as they emptied an ATM at Randwick on Tuesday night.
But Mr Moroney said there has been a crackdown on firearm security since 31 Glock pistols were stolen from Obliging Security on August 30, 2003.
"In 2004 the NSW police commenced a compliance audit of some 185,000 licenced firearm holders in possession of some 600,000 registered firearms," Mr Moroney said yesterday. "Some 43,000 weapons were seized and destroyed."
Premier Bob Carr yesterday said there are too many guns on the streets.
"If there is one person with malevolent intentions and one gun in his possession that's one too many," Mr Carr said.
Mr Carr said his Government and the police were working hard to reduce the number of guns on the streets.
But Opposition Leader John Brogden claimed Mr Carr was cutting back police numbers by 500 officers at a time when "we obviously need more police on the streets".
"The harsh reality is robberies with a firearm occur on average twice a day," he said.
He asked why it had taken police a month to release surveillance footage of a train commuter being robbed and also questioned the value of CCTV cameras as a crime deterrent.
Mr Maroney agreed "visibility of police at the right hour of the day on the right day of the week" was crucial to preventing crime.
http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=2644345
Does the word "paint" have any meaning for this useful idiot?
Incidentally, the 43 000 weapons "seized" is a deliberate deception. These were legally held firearms that the police forced people to give up under the second compulsory "buyback" across Australia (handguns this time), which banned handguns over .38 cal, made 10-shot mags the limit, and made barrel length under 120 mm (4.7244094") illegal. The guns that didn't comply were taken, crushed, and the owners paid what the government considered a "fair price".