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Yes 47 29.94%
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Actually no, apart from blackpowder pistols handguns are illegal. Our olympic pistol team has to train in France.....
Now thats funny!

Even in my socialist rathole of a country people can own all kinds of handguns whith a so-called SKV license, which can be optained after a 5 years membership of an authorised shooting club.
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The recent shootings in London would indicate a gun problem and a drug-related crime problem. Still, 4 murders in a couple of weeks is still sufficient to cause alarm in parliament and the country itself. Is it murder (Mardis Gras) season in New Orleans yet?
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Meanwhile, knife crime has skyrocketed in the UK.

It's not the inanimate object, it is the criminal who hurts people.

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Sure thing, but the inanimate object makes it much easier and thats a fact.
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Sure thing, but the inanimate object makes it much easier and thats a fact.
The inanimate object causes more bodily harm for sure.
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The recent shootings in London would indicate a gun problem and a drug-related crime problem. Still, 4 murders in a couple of weeks is still sufficient to cause alarm in parliament and the country itself. Is it murder (Mardis Gras) season in New Orleans yet?
Are people in Australia allowed to own handguns?
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Are people in Australia allowed to own handguns?
Yes they are but each state/territory has its own laws on firearms but I think they're broadly the same now.
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Meanwhile, knife crime has skyrocketed in the UK.

It's not the inanimate object, it is the criminal who hurts people.

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I'm thinking:

a) it's easier to run away from a knife-wielding wacko than a gun-wielding wacko

b) you're likelier to survive a knife-attack

Outlaw knives, people will just use rocks.
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The recent shootings in London would indicate a gun problem and a drug-related crime problem. Still, 4 murders in a couple of weeks is still sufficient to cause alarm in parliament and the country itself. Is it murder (Mardis Gras) season in New Orleans yet?
Since Katrina, murder season in New Orleans is year-round.

Heard a clip on the radio earlier while out driving around about a shooting at Carnivale in Rio.
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Yes, I carry a .40 FN in my glovebox and sometimes pack it in a fanny-pack, in a shoulder holster or in the back of my pants.
Are you a cop? Why do you need to pack a gat in the back of your trousers, pray tell?
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Since Katrina, murder season in New Orleans is year-round.

Heard a clip on the radio earlier while out driving around about a shooting at Carnivale in Rio.
Yes, Rio is going great guns eh? And yes, sad about New Orleans. Only been there once but I had a great time (the only Hurricanes I saw were at Pat O'Brien's - I vaguely remember leaving.....)
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Since Katrina, murder season in New Orleans is year-round.
What? New Orleans has had a problem with murder far before Katrina.
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Are you a cop? Why do you need to pack a gat in the back of your trousers, pray tell?
Because I want to.
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I agree with you out of general principle, but notice that both massacres were carried out with legally owned handguns. Further, the gun owners got compensated by the government when they turned in their guns, and there haven't been any massacres since. Due to these facts I see no problem with this personally, and I bet that people in the U.K. are still allowed to own handguns if they are members of a shooting club.

Are you sure there haven't been any massacres since??? How about the London train bombings.
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Are you sure there haven't been any massacres since??? How about the London train bombings.
Unless I'm very much mistaken they used nitropril didn't they? I mean prilled ammonia and dets?
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Are you sure there haven't been any massacres since??? How about the London train bombings.
Since this entire discussion has been about guns I think it's safe to assume that he's referring to gun (specifically handgun ) massacres.

You'll note the title of the thread is not " do you carry a backpack bomb ? "
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