Australians could still appeal court decisions to the U.K until the 1980s.
/stokesthefire
But…that accent doe.
The internet is much more tolerable when you stay away from politics and social issues. Pour a beverage, grab a cookie, and click another link.
Agreed. I grew up in a very liberal college town and as a result, I’m friends with several folks from my youth that are flaming socialists. For the most part I’m the only person they know personally that has served in Iraq/A-Stan and am one of the few people they know that is a constitution loving NRA member. Respectfully injecting my contrarian view point into their hippy “I hate guns, the NRA etc.” FB conversations does seem to a long way toward breaking some of their stereotypes about “crazy” gun owners. At the same time, they remind me that tree huggers that never miss a good protest are people too.
Incidentally, as soon as it thaws-out here, I’m taking one of my liberal friends to the range to go shooting for the first time.
Post this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Beaches
2011 Australian census found the Northern Beaches to be the most White and mono-ethnic district in Australia, contrasting with its more-diverse neighbours: the North Shore and the Central Coast.
Contrast that with a city in the US that is also ethnically homogenous in an affluent area that also does not ban guns and ask:
Do you know the difference between correlation and causation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
That should make him squirm.
This all day long as I possess neither the time or the inclination to right fools.
I just don’t do Facebook. The few I call “true” friends I call, text, or talk face to face. As already mentioned doesn’t sound like a true friend.
Got a couple friends like that. Including an “over poster” or two. I just made them their own section in FB and assigned them to it so I don’t have to look at their junk all the time.
RIDE, simply tell him that his own arguement would state that he keep his family away from America, along with their ideas.
How about some facts?
From http://www.gunfacts.info/ page 60:
Myth: Gun control in Australia is curbing crime
Fact: Crime has been rising since enacting a sweeping ban on private gun ownership.
In the first two years after Australian gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms,
government statistics showed a dramatic increase in criminal activity.
In 2001-2002, homicides were up another 20%.
From the inception of firearm confiscation to March 27, 2000, the numbers are:
• Firearm-related murders were up 19%
• Armed robberies were up 69%
• Home invasions were up 21%
The sad part is that in the 15 years before the national gun confiscation:
• Firearm-related homicides dropped nearly 66%
• Firearm-related deaths fell 50%
Fact: Gun crimes have been rising throughout Australia since guns were banned.
In Sydney alone, robbery rates with guns rose 160% in 2001, more in the previous year.
Fact: A ten year Australian study has concluded that firearm confiscation had no effect on crime rates.
A separate report also concluded that Australia’s 1996 gun control laws “found [no] evidence for an impact of the laws on the pre-existing decline in firearm
homicides" and yet another report from Australia for a similar time period indicates the same lack of decline in firearm homicides.
Fact: Despite having much stricter gun control than New Zealand (including a near ban on handguns) firearm homicides in both countries track one another over 25 years, indicating that gun control is not a control variable.