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Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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I dont really think this is a fair assessment.
Yes its a concession that allowed some people to have some weapons, but in exchange they had to be connected to a club.
Its easy to forget that at the time, while these laws had a lot of support, there was still a very strong opposition. A significant portion of the population felt the way Americans would - that their rights were being taken away and that it was authoritarian over reach.
Maybe things have changed now, and maybe its time to dial up regulation of gun clubs, but in 1996 the govt of the time did what they could with that legislation.
Rowland Browne is a well established anti-gun nut, who other pro gun control individuals feel uncomfortable associating with.
This organisation that he's Co-Chairman of?
https://www.guncontrolaustralia.org/ ?
You could fit their active members in a Kia Carnival.
What they do have is a website and a fax machine, and they REGULARLY spam all the media outlets with "press releases", which those media outlets publish on a slow day.
According to Mr Browne, anyone who wants a gun for any reason is guilty of wrong-think.
"How dare thousands of wrong-thinkers band together to stop rightness!"
We're past the point of diminishing returns on gun control in Australia, but Mr Browne won't be happy until there isn't a single gun, nor the means to make them, and children aren't playing "cops and robbers" with bent sticks.
I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard from Phillip Alpers yet.
Edit to Add: The irrationality of the individual who downvoted me for calling out Mr Browne warms my heart.
You almost get it: you're one person, you get one vote.
But mate, so am I.
Pro-gun people aren't all paid shills, out here to promote the sale of guns and ammo like a shady drug dealer on a corner.
There are 940,000+ people who currently own them safely in this country and would like to continue doing so.
What happened in Bondi wasn't a gun control issue, it was terrorism committed with guns.
And the general public can see it.