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   TimS   wrote:   
   >On 07 Feb 2024 at 23:36:18 GMT, "Scott Alfter"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:26:23 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In article ,   
   >>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> It’s worked really well in Australia. That’s what scares the US gun   
   >>>>> nuts.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> By "worked really well," you meant to say that crime has skyrocketed,   
   >>>> right?   
   >>>   
   >>> I mean that mass shootings have become something of a rarity in Australia   
   >>> now. Whereas they are a weekly occurrence in the USA.   
   >>   
   >> Hardly, at least not in the civilized parts of the country.  Somewhere like   
   >> Chicago or DC (to pick a couple)?  They're getting what they voted for, good   
   >> and hard, and them doing more of the same isn't going to improve their lot.   
   >   
   >I assume you refer to the "defunding of the police"?   
      
   No, though that doesn't help either.  Both have blatantly unconstitutional   
   gun-control regimes in place...the sort of laws that the hoplophobes assert   
   without evidence would reduce crime.  (DC v. Heller rolled back some of this   
   nonsense.)   
      
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