Another Gun Massacre
International - 17/04/2007
After the Port Arthur massacre in Australia, gun laws were tightened. Many guns already in households around the country became illegal – and we saw the massive buy-back and destruction of these weapons.
The two sides were argued. "Destroying these guns will save lives." "People kill people, not guns." The fact that this kind of massacre has not been repeated in Australia is evidence enough that the change of laws has worked.
But America has refused to address the issue of gun laws – citing an outdated and obsolete section of their constitution to justify their stubbornness. As a result, we see these kinds of massacres happen every couple of years.
But let’s get back to that argument, "People kill people, not guns." I have never heard anything so illogical in my life. A psychopath with nothing more than his hands would be lucky to kill one person. If he had a knife, he might be lucky enough to kill a couple of people. Say he grabbed the gun that he had for "family security", he’d kill a few people. If he had access to a semi-automatic... well... we’ve seen what can happen.
It is about time other countries (particularly America) took Australia’s lead and banned all semi-automatic weapons and severely restricted the availability of all other guns.
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