Quote Originally Posted by A Life Aloft View Post
So no one in AUS ever goes hunting, target shoots, skeet or trap shoots or has had their home or business invaded by criminals with guns or been car jacked or robbed on the street by armed men? No one ever participates in historical re-enactments that include bearing arms? No one collects military weapons or other collectible arms? No one competes in any shooting type contests/events? Even for the Olympics? Are there no armed gangs there which causes people to feel they need protection? In this country, we have the Constitutional right to bear arms, thankfully and for all the reasons listed above. Glad that it works for you, but it would not work in this country.
There's the rub.

It's far too complex a subject to discuss in depth or accurately on a forum, BUT,

it IS entirely different here, and largely DOES work.

It's by no means perfect here, but comparing the gun situation in Australia and the US is totally apples and oranges, chalk and cheese and NOTHING alike.

Every aspect of the gun situation is different, beginning with the constitutional right to bear arms.