International Mass shooting Northern Territory Australia

[Jcon268]

Mass shooting with pump action shotgun in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 4 confirmed dead, maybe additional injured.


At least 4 dead in shooting in Australian city of Darwin

Darwin mass shooting: At least four dead in Northern Territory mass shooting | The West Australian

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[Tony617]

[Standing on soapbox]
How can this be? Australia banned ownership of guns to private citizens.
[Getting off soapbox]

 

[nammac]

More proof of how effective "gun control" truly is...

Now if the powers to be could just figure out how to legislate the circumcision of the heart, we'd have that utopia they keep chasing... And Unicorns too!!!

 

[Goosebrown]

Impossible. Fake news

 

[3MTA3]

Prayers for the victims, their families and loved ones.

 

[DB is Here]

Yet we don't have a mental illness issue in the world.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

More proof of how effective "gun control" victim disarmament truly is...

There, fixed it for you. Truly sad and infuriating when people die because they've been denied their most basic right of self-defense.

 

[WoodsPlinker]

The guns didn't change, the people did.

Gotta fix the people....

Unless the UK is the direction we all wanna go and I like my kitchen knives and the spoon what was up with the confiscation of the spoon?

 

[bbbass]

Shot up every room in the Palms while looking for "Alex", cut one man's throat (Alex?), burned up a tree (incendiary rounds?), running around in a high vis shirt, was tased, then on his back kicking at the tactical team (MMA?), and all after just being paroled. We gotta stop exporting our craziness!!!

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

but gun control?!?


HOW CAN THIS BE???

 

[DuneHopper]

They should pass a law banning private ownership that would stop all this.

 

[RVTECH]

Australia banned ownership of guns to private citizens.

Not entirely. The following is from a member from Australia on another forum:

Despite what you might read firearm ownership isn't overly difficult, we do need to be licenced and all firearms registered but there are still about 1 million shooters in Aus from a pop of 25mil.
Semi autos of all descriptions are off limits to the average shooter but bolt, pumps, levers etc are OK. We have to provide a genuine reason for ownership and self defence isn't an approved reason although target shooting, hunting and collecting are. Pistols are more heavily restricted with target shooting the only genuine reason accepted. You also need to substantiate your genuine reason but it isn't overly difficult, a letter from a landowner stating you have permission to hunt will cover you for 5 years, and membership of a target club covers target shooting although you then need to meet minimum attendance requirements each year at your nominated club.
While we have a national firearms agreement actual laws are state based so differ from state to state. Some things are actually less heavily restricted than in some USA states, the average shooter here can go out and purchase a bolt action 50BMG.

 

[308]

Gun control works in Chicongo
I wonder why it doesn't work in Australia

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Not entirely. The following is from a member from Australia on another forum:

We have to provide a genuine reason for ownership and self defence isn't an approved reason although target shooting, hunting and collecting are.

Maddening.

 

[bbbass]

Maddening.

Madness!!!

 

[RVTECH]

Maddening.

I agree.
SO I would assume because self defense is not an 'approved' reason then this probably makes the defensive use of a gun illegal as well.

 

[Stomper]

As one of the MANY public services that I provide around here, let me post photos of the TV that I was watching whilst on a month long holiday in Australia visiting in-laws during March of this year... yeah, how's that gun control working out for you, Australia?

 

[teflon6string]

 

[RVTECH]

Talk about adding insult to injury.....

Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said the suspect was an individual who was "well-known to police," who had been on parole following his release from prison in January.

 

[titsonritz]

Yet we don't have a mental illness issue in the world.

We have a pansy issue.

Oh yeah, this is obviously the evil works of Trump and the NRA.