Category Archives: Gun control

Former Prime Minister John Howard and I have a few disagreements. Large ones. Let me highlight two before moving on to an area where I passionately agree with him! I disliked his shameful promotion of fear-mongering about the ‘refugee crisis’ … Continue reading →

Americans are 9 or 10 times more likely to be shot. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime compiles international statistics on murders by firearm. This is not suicides but homicides. 2011 Global Study on Homicide – Homicides by … Continue reading →

As The Conversation shows: *** Owning a gun will keep you safe This is the biggest lie of all. Many gun owners are very capable of acting responsibly. They can follow procedures like locking up guns, and keeping ammunition separately. … Continue reading →

Just following on from yesterday’s statistics… Australia only has 0.31 firearm homicides per 100,000 people while America has 2.97: which is 9 times more firearm murders! Go figure! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence

…if we just removed the whole category of ‘gun violence’. Australia’s non-firearm homicide rate is 1.26 per 100,000 people. Our firearm homicide rate is 0.31 per 100,000 people, bringing Australia’s total overall gun and non-gun homicide rate to 1.57 people … Continue reading →

…my friend OSO asks. One point that I thought he put really well: The US Constitution allows citizens the freedom to travel throughout the US, but this doesn’t mean that planes, trains and automobiles aren’t subject to government legislation. In … Continue reading →