Unable To Shoot Downward Helicopters Here
Sunday, October 12, 2003
One terminal postal service earlier the New Year's blogging break:
It doesn't accept long later arriving inward Commonwealth of Australia for an American to hold upwards asked, "What on populace is the thing alongside your country, when it comes to guns?"
These folks are groovy admirers of the US of America together with unopen observers of our ground on the issue. They fifty-fifty know close the Second Amendment to our Constitution together with are quick to discovery that the Founding Fathers likely had muskets inward hear together with non projectile weaponry capable of shooting downwards helicopters.
Speaking of the latter, accept a facial expression at this humorous column on this serious subject, "Australia enjoys some other peaceful solar daytime nether oppressive gun command regime." The lede:
Due to the nation’s controversial together with oppressive gun restrictions, no 1 has died every bit a upshot of a mass-shooting on Australian ground today, for the 7158th day inward a row.
Local painting exhibit menage attendant, Christina Upton can’t believe it has been a whole xix years together with vii months since a heavily armed white Australian manly somebody decided to shoot at a crowd of unsuspecting Australian civilians for no reason.
An excerpt:
Per 100,000 residents inward Australia, less than 1 are expected to hold upwards killed past times a firearm this year. This is heavily contrasted to the 10.5 inward 100,000 who volition hold upwards killed inward America.
But what they actually can't sympathise hither is why politicians would hold upwards together with then afraid of losing the side past times side election that they would forego enacting a police that would assist eliminate volume shootings past times banning assail weapons together with that would assist bring down unintentional deaths together with suicides past times putting inward house thorough protections around the acquisition together with storage of unmarried shot weapons.
John Oliver covered these topics inward a serial for the Daily Show a few years ago, where he interviewed the politicians responsible. There are 3 episodes. If you lot alone conduct keep fourth dimension to lookout adult man one, lookout adult man the minute one, precisely the first together with third ones are "on target," too.
It doesn't accept long later arriving inward Commonwealth of Australia for an American to hold upwards asked, "What on populace is the thing alongside your country, when it comes to guns?"
These folks are groovy admirers of the US of America together with unopen observers of our ground on the issue. They fifty-fifty know close the Second Amendment to our Constitution together with are quick to discovery that the Founding Fathers likely had muskets inward hear together with non projectile weaponry capable of shooting downwards helicopters.
Speaking of the latter, accept a facial expression at this humorous column on this serious subject, "Australia enjoys some other peaceful solar daytime nether oppressive gun command regime." The lede:
Due to the nation’s controversial together with oppressive gun restrictions, no 1 has died every bit a upshot of a mass-shooting on Australian ground today, for the 7158th day inward a row.
Local painting exhibit menage attendant, Christina Upton can’t believe it has been a whole xix years together with vii months since a heavily armed white Australian manly somebody decided to shoot at a crowd of unsuspecting Australian civilians for no reason.
An excerpt:
Per 100,000 residents inward Australia, less than 1 are expected to hold upwards killed past times a firearm this year. This is heavily contrasted to the 10.5 inward 100,000 who volition hold upwards killed inward America.
But what they actually can't sympathise hither is why politicians would hold upwards together with then afraid of losing the side past times side election that they would forego enacting a police that would assist eliminate volume shootings past times banning assail weapons together with that would assist bring down unintentional deaths together with suicides past times putting inward house thorough protections around the acquisition together with storage of unmarried shot weapons.
John Oliver covered these topics inward a serial for the Daily Show a few years ago, where he interviewed the politicians responsible. There are 3 episodes. If you lot alone conduct keep fourth dimension to lookout adult man one, lookout adult man the minute one, precisely the first together with third ones are "on target," too.