Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Mass Murder in Oz

"From 1984 to 1996, Australia had over a dozen mass murders by firearms, largely copycat killings prompted by media coverage in the U.S. and in Australia. Unstable people do insane things. After one lone nut gunman killed 35 and wounded 21 people in 1996, the Port Arthur Massacre, Prime Minister John Howard banned all semi-automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns because of the outrage felt by Australian citizens. He introduced highly restrictive gun licensing laws. Hundreds of thousands of guns were purchased from Australian citizens and destroyed.

Do you know how many mass shootings we have had since then? Not one. In addition, firearm homicides have dropped 59% with no corresponding increase in non-firearm murders.
People kill people, not guns? Rubbish. Guns give the mentally ill ruthlessly efficient killing power, and escalate domestic violence from assault to homicide. The U.S. needs to act now, and the gun lobby needs to wake up to its culpability."  
The preceding is an anonymous quote.  
For an explanation read Douglas Cooper's article.
Bushmaster - as used in Newport
And don't forget!...
  1. Charlotte
  2. Dan 
  3. Olivia 
  4. Josephine 
  5. Ana 
  6. Dylan 
  7. Madeleine 
  8. Catherine 
  9. Chase 
  10. Jesse 
  11. James 
  12. Grace 
  13. Emilie 
  14. Jack 
  15. Noah 
  16. Caroline 
  17. Jessica 
  18. Ben 
  19. Avielle 
  20. Allison



4 comments:

C.W. Spooner said...

Ritht on, Tom! And thanks for remembering the names.

CharlieG said...

Sensible and meaningful comments.

Chas~ said...

Unfortunately, it is past time for the US to take similar action.

TomC said...

Thank you for the comments. There are lots of ways to get involved but this looks like the big one. Spread the word: https://www.facebook.com/OneMillionMomsForGunControl