Give the crims all the guns they want,
They tend to kill other crims and drug dealers who rip them off etc.
Maybe if they had more powerful weapons they will one day wipe themselves out
Everybody having guns in the USA and being able to buy ammo at K-Mart seems to work ok.
For the record, yes my guns are designed to kill. Rabbits, Feral Goats and Pigs, ducks for myself and families' food. Foxes and feral Cats to help native wildlife and some local farmers (and not so local). I'd also consider them for self defence in my own home to protect my family hould the need arise, but thats definately not their primary purpose.
^^^^^^Ônce again,poor relo has solved the problem.
Kick both Julia and Kevin out and give the job to poor relative.
I can see the T-shirts now......"Give Rello a Go" 
Did you miss the whole second sentence of my post? Im guessing you buy all your food at a supermarket. Let alone most of the farmers I've met use firearms, but lack the time and energy to do much pest destruction and therefore rely on other shooters to help out. Dad and I got a call last week and are due to do some fox destruction asap.
There's also target shooting, our olympic and international competition shooters don't get plucked from the ground like a cabbage, fully grown and trained
^^^yeah but the cows in Woolies arent hunted for the enjoyment of killing it.
Some people just like to kill sh!t.
I dont get it myself, but each to their own.
I went out hunting feral pigs with a couple of mates. They say they are helping the native wild life, but the joy and amusement they got out of doing it was pretty sad. Was just a legal way to enjoy killing things in my opinion.
Hunting animals really isnt a "Sport" though.
Sports have even competitors,competeing against each other, give the critters a gun as well, then its a sport.
Otherwise its just killing for enjoyment.
Sociaty today dosent need guns,
all the feral animals can be trapped or baited,,,,,,but I gues thats not as fun as blowing their heads off.
I'd never call killing an animal sport either, its hunting. Clay and paper targets are shot for sport, not animals. Its unfortunate that we've been labelled 'sporting shooters', but 'amateur shooters' doesn't send the right message either. We train, buy equipment, devote time so its similar to sports, but we dont kill for sport.
,skillfully thats is.
I prefer to know that my neighbour three doors down (and petermac) hasn't got easy access to a gun and ammo - strict/tough legislation ensures that.
If thats a little wierd sorry.
If you get your kicks killing stuff go for it who am i to deny you that joy. But if tougher legislation means guns are less freely available around my 'hood then i'm all for that.
Less guns around and stricter access/availability of stuff that is used to kill in my opinion is a good thing for society.
The enjoyment comes from knowing you did some good for the environment, or bagged some meat for the freezer, or both. I also enjoy the trips away camping and passing on the stories and knowledge that goes with hunting.
I personally see trapping and poisoning as inhumane (but neccesary I guess). Shooting is the quickest and most painless way to control pests I've seen.
I teach at the local University which involves killing cane toads for some classes. We make a habit of making sure the students know we dont take into account their (the students) feelings when we euthanise the toads, they are killed as humanely as possible for the wellfare of the toad.
^^^^^^^^^^Too many hot chicks in that country to worry about killing stuff.
But the Swiss have big problems with gun totting red necks too
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/1358067/Swiss-massacre-spurs-calls-for-gun-law-reform.html
^^^ Does anyone give the fact that the Swiss have a unique European gun policy any thought? Also the fact that they have remained neutral in both of the last two World wars?
Strange coincidence that they are also the banking center for the people who financed both of those wars. Those folk know how important it is to have a population that is fully capable of protecting both themselves and their state. Which is why they are armed to the teeth.
You can argue that it is the left wing intelligentsia who levered/championed the anti gun laws Mark but at the end of the day the people who are driving it are those arsewipes who appreciate the fact that their agenda for global centralised government might be met with serious resistance and the fewer people there are who can and are willing to shoot back the better off they will be.
Which is why their press carry so many gormless articles with skewed logic in support of removing them entirely.
. If you can tell me Labor is pro-gun ownership and even better will undo the 1996 crap, I'm in.
