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I think guns have a place in a rural community, especially for land holders. I have a rifle which i use for vermin control and for humanly dispatching roos that have been run over and left to die slowly, I hate doing it, it saddens me greatly that people hit animals and don't stop to check pouches or to call someone to put the poor creatures out of their misery. Just this year i have had to dispatch 6 roo's 8 wallabies and 1 wombat, but i also saved 2 Joeys by checking the roo's pouch!!
But getting back to topic, automatic and semi automatic guns should only be supplied and used by the armed forces, In the 5 years i have lived on my 100 acres i have never been in a situation where a semi or auto would be needed, But the main problem with the U.S is their gun culture, I hate to bring religion into this conversation, but telling Americans to give up their automatic weapons would be like asking them to give up their religion which is an impossible task.
The gun debate is one of those debates that will never end, both sides wont budge from their moral standing, the only solution i could see is turning each school into a prison like building with armed guards, razor wire and armed security checkpoints, it would be the only way that children could truly be safe in an American school!
Just watching the news this morning to see 2 houses shot at in two different states in one night, scares the hell out of me, and makes me glad i live 300kms from the nearest city!!!!
and for the argument that professional shooters need semi autos... bollocks!! What they need are suppressors, to dull the noise from the muzzle, but unfortunately stupid, non informed politicians think that suppressors on a large caliber gun makes them silent (like Hollywood movies), so now they are illegal...ZZZzzz...
anyway that's my 2.2cents (including G.S.T)
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