Jacinda Ardern just announced sweeping gun control law reform.
@yorrike And thatâs the correct response, glad you guys have an actual leader in your parliament!
@matpacker Unfortunately itâs over 2 decades late. I wish we'd done this when Australia did it after the Port Arthur massacre. Better late than never, though. And glad they got this done quickly.
@yorrike yeh, true, but at least theyâve done it now. Our current issue is the stockpiling of guns, thereâs some loophole in the registration system that has allowed some to register 200+ guns, all legally purchased and registered. Some of these people are in City areas, one is apparently 2 suburbs away from me in the Newcastle area. Who the hell needs 200+ guns, even if you are a sport shooter, I canât imagine that there would remotely be that many disciplines of sport shooting!
@matpacker Collectors. Theyâll have a room full of them, all racked and on display. Like someone who owns 20 classic cars and has a warehouse on his farm to house them all. I understand the mind of a collector. But even so, owning an arsenal isnât something a civilised society should just accept as normal. Unlike a classic car collection, a gun collection is a stockpile of tools designed to kill. Iâd say there should be a collectors license, where you can own any gun you like, but the barrels have to be filled with resin before theyâre released to you from customs. That way you still have a collection, but theyâre for display purposes only.