Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5446929-20131218032650/@comment-5488450-20131221024510

Tanglefrost wrote: To protect themselves? I've told you that you don't NEED a gun for protection. Let's go back to your earlier example of someone with a gun coming to your house.

In Australia, you need to apply for a gun liscence. I know because I've seen the paperwork. With this application, you need to submit a sh*tload of information, like birth certificates, etc. The application process takes at least 28 days. During this time, they do a background check and check for any criminal records that you may or may not have. If you have a criminal record, no gun.

There are people who try to avoid this, but those people are usually the criminals, and they get arrested for unlawful firearm possession.

And besides, ever heard of citizen arrest?

It's where people intervene to stop crimes from happening, and also applies to this. If someone comes in to your house with a gun, and you shoot them simply because they have a gun, and there is no evidence to show that they tried to open fire, you will be arrested. And even if they do open fire, you could still be arrested for killing them. You'd have to be very careful about your shot.

And countries with tighter gun laws, take Canada and Australia for example, don't have anywhere near the crime rates of America. Take this in to consideration:

It made the news in AUSTRALIA that, in NEW YORK, there was A SINGLE DAY with no crime. A single day.

If something as simple as that makes news, then that calls for tighter gun control laws. Amen.