tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post1097929002681775377..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: All Fired UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-57680828902416643912007-04-27T11:39:00.000+10:002007-04-27T11:39:00.000+10:00"Bang Bang . . now you're scared"Hope that wasn't ..."Bang Bang . . now you're scared"<BR/>Hope that wasn't in response to anything I said? I sure hope I'm not the dickhead you want to 'shut the fuck up?' and I didn't Eek or Ew once . . . Tell me I'm being sensitive but I'd hate to fall out after only 2 weeks in your circle of blogfriends . . .Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-62239486273672314982007-04-25T13:28:00.000+10:002007-04-25T13:28:00.000+10:00Sort of expected this one. Well I guess you can fi...Sort of expected this one. Well I guess you can find research to back both sides of the story. I agree with the knee-jerk comment. Like I said, I don't have a strong position on this and I agree wholeheartedly re tabloid TV and papers blaming the machine not the man. But crimewise, gun or otherwise, we're a very safe nation. . . .Shame about the aussie rifle team, that surprises me. Overseas equestrian teams also have to ride our horses when here due to quarantine laws I guess it's tit for tat. I'd rather use a borrowed gun than a borrowed brumby. Oh, and Victoria has its own unique problems with a strong underworld presence so I'm not surprised at your friend's comment. Maybe we'll agree to disagree on this one out of mutual respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-88685616056072751022007-04-25T12:51:00.000+10:002007-04-25T12:51:00.000+10:00I don't doubt the things you say here but every si...I don't doubt the things you say here but every single study I have researched on this subject as well as correspondance with a policeman from Victoria tells me that violent crime (not just gun crime) has risen since the confiscation of firearms in Australia.<BR/>The licensing and storage requirements are overly strict in my opinion and yes I know opinions are like assholes, we all have one.<BR/>I also have the pleasure of meeting the Australian Highpower Rifle team every other year at the National Highpower Rifle Championships. They can only afford to come every other year. They now have to leave their firearms here in the US because they're not allowed to bring them home. So the team that represents your country get to practice their sport for one week every other year.<BR/>I was not heated last weekend during the show but instead I'm just sick and tired of people and their knee jerk reaction to the tragedy at VT. That and I'm burned out trying to speak intelligently to people who REFUSE to understand. Not you, but others on other blogs as well as people here at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com