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Here in Melbourne at the weekend a guy fired one bullet at a car, didn't hit anyone. Tonight a guy was under arrest... The news and papers were alive with the news, I dare say it was on all the interstate news broadcasts too...am I correct?
Do you imagine this even making it to the local paper in the US? I think this only shows how complacent people have become in a country where shootings seem to be a regular part of the news. Here it is such a rare event that it gets everyone talking about it. I can assure you that if I need to go to Chapel St at the weekend, it is not going to make me think "I'd better take a gun in case..if I had a gun with me last weekend, I could have fired back at that guy before he even had a chance to take his shot (hmmm, maybe I will become famous and get on Oprah)". I have yet to be fired at or be close to anything where I may even consider having a gun may have been a good idea.
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