Virginia Tech
Apr. 17th, 2007 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bennet_7I have just been reading about the shootings at Virginia Tech. I can't begin to express how sad this has made me and my thoughts and prayers go out to the families and survivors. I hope that no one on my friends list has been personally affected by this.
I have some opinions on gun control that I'm going to put under the cut.
But, honestly, I am not surprised. America, you need gun control laws. After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 (which claimed the lives of 35 people, and left 37 wounded), Australia made sweeping changes to its gun control laws:
Again, changes were made to handgun laws after the Monash University Shootings in 2002.
Guns don't make me feel safe, they make me scared and I delight in the fact that I have no idea where to buy a one here in Australia.
I know that Americans have the right to own guns but seriously, how many kids have to die before you tighten the laws? Buying a gun shouldn't be so easy.
I have some opinions on gun control that I'm going to put under the cut.
But, honestly, I am not surprised. America, you need gun control laws. After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 (which claimed the lives of 35 people, and left 37 wounded), Australia made sweeping changes to its gun control laws:
mandatory gun licenses and registration of all firearms, and a near-complete ban on all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, and all pump-action shotguns. Some farmers and professional cullers would remain eligible for ownership of certain semi-automatic rifles and shotguns while the majority of licenced firearm owners (including international sports shooters) would be banned from legally acquiring and owning these firearms for the purpose of recreational target shooting and hunting.
Again, changes were made to handgun laws after the Monash University Shootings in 2002.
Guns don't make me feel safe, they make me scared and I delight in the fact that I have no idea where to buy a one here in Australia.
I know that Americans have the right to own guns but seriously, how many kids have to die before you tighten the laws? Buying a gun shouldn't be so easy.
