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   On 12 Feb 2024 at 18:50:58 GMT, "Scott Alfter"  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:06:21 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Both have blatantly unconstitutional gun-control regimes in place...the   
   >>> sort of laws that the hoplophobes assert without evidence would reduce   
   >>> crime.   
   >>   
   >> It worked in Australia. The secret is, it’s not enough to outlaw the   
   >> assault-style weapons, you also need to have a buyback scheme to force   
   >> them out of circulation.   
   >   
   > "Buybacks" are nothing of the sort.  The government can't "buy back" that   
   > which it never owned.  Be honest and call it what it is: confiscation,   
   > usually at nowhere near what the firearms involved are worth.   
      
   We don't actually give a flying fuck about that. There was never any   
   justification for these weapons to be in private hands anyway.   
      
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   Tim   
      
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