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U.S. can change status quo on guns
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You see, Bryant inflicted his horror on the island of Tasmania, off the southern coast of Australia. Those in charge forged a bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact far-reaching gun laws. Polls showed overwhelming public support for the measures.
The specific strategies aren't the right ones for America. But what makes the Australia model worthy of attention is that it stands in sharp defiance of hopelessness. A conservative-led government's constructive actions contradict those who maintain that the gun problem is unconquerable, that smart laws can't make a difference.
Australia put its National Firearms Agreement into action within two months of Bryant's rampage. |
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Sosalty
(11/25/2016)
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| Yeah and the US can still win its' war on drugs (not). |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(11/25/2016)
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Pay wall.
This article and all like it impudently ignore one fact: the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
It exists PRECISELY to prevent this kind of mischief. |
| Comment by:
PP9
(11/25/2016)
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"...those who maintain that the gun problem is unconquerable..."
No... we maintain that the gun problem is nonexistent. We have a criminal problem, not a gun problem. |
| Comment by:
stevelync
(11/27/2016)
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| Just the type of moronic garbage I'd expect coming out of a NY paper. |
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