#gunownership — Public Fediverse posts
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I have to say (because Tom McIlroy’s article is not a well written opinion piece — perhaps due to space limitations, still…) I am supportive of strict #GunLaws but even more so on the ability of the #Police to enforce them.
Taking a helicopter view, what is urgently required is $$$ to fund both a #NationalBuyBack and sufficiently staffed #FirearmsRegistries to enable better control and oversight of #GunOwnership. Anything else is fiddling on the margins and largely political in intent. BTW, in so far as a national registry is concerned, Tom is happy to leave it at ‘speedier progress’ is being made. It’s been progresing since #PortArthur mate. Do you think you could mention that? Apparently, according to Tom, ‘Smart public service minds’ have been totally incompetent and unable to find the right Consultancy to get it done. My take? It’s about #Power, #Control and $$$$ throughout the federation govts.
To be clear, Gun Laws in Australia are up to the job, especially if periodically reviewed to close loopholes and include new firearms technology (E.g. Slide-loaders, grey guns and printing) BUT they should be nationally consistent (Currently they are not, not by a long shot — pun intended)
McIlroy tosses a lot of numbers around but they mean nothing unless they can be shown to correlate with criminality and terrorism data (such data correlations ought to be done anyway). Similarly, he dismisses the QLD Police Minister (see article) without further comment. Tom obvioulsy thought it irrelevant to his argument. — which is what exactly? Not sure from this piece which concludes that nothing so far has been done to keep the community safe. Gee what an insight, thanks for that.
Here is the link to the article if you wish to read it, but really, there’s nothing much in there to take in. It’s a rehash of what’s already been written many times already. Oh, and a whole lot of frightening gun numbers if you not anxious enough.
This toot is an Opinion piece of my one.
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I have to say (because Tom McIlroy’s article is not a well written opinion piece — perhaps due to space limitations, still…) I am supportive of strict #GunLaws but even more so on the ability of the #Police to enforce them.
Taking a helicopter view, what is urgently required is $$$ to fund both a #NationalBuyBack and sufficiently staffed #FirearmsRegistries to enable better control and oversight of #GunOwnership. Anything else is fiddling on the margins and largely political in intent. BTW, in so far as a national registry is concerned, Tom is happy to leave it at ‘speedier progress’ is being made. It’s been progresing since #PortArthur mate. Do you think you could mention that? Apparently, according to Tom, ‘Smart public service minds’ have been totally incompetent and unable to find the right Consultancy to get it done. My take? It’s about #Power, #Control and $$$$ throughout the federation govts.
To be clear, Gun Laws in Australia are up to the job, especially if periodically reviewed to close loopholes and include new firearms technology (E.g. Slide-loaders, grey guns and printing) BUT they should be nationally consistent (Currently they are not, not by a long shot — pun intended)
McIlroy tosses a lot of numbers around but they mean nothing unless they can be shown to correlate with criminality and terrorism data (such data correlations ought to be done anyway). Similarly, he dismisses the QLD Police Minister (see article) without further comment. Tom obvioulsy thought it irrelevant to his argument. — which is what exactly? Not sure from this piece which concludes that nothing so far has been done to keep the community safe. Gee what an insight, thanks for that.
Here is the link to the article if you wish to read it, but really, there’s nothing much in there to take in. It’s a rehash of what’s already been written many times already. Oh, and a whole lot of frightening gun numbers if you not anxious enough.
This toot is an Opinion piece of my one.
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I have to say (because Tom McIlroy’s article is not a well written opinion piece — perhaps due to space limitations, still…) I am supportive of strict #GunLaws but even more so on the ability of the #Police to enforce them.
Taking a helicopter view, what is urgently required is $$$ to fund both a #NationalBuyBack and sufficiently staffed #FirearmsRegistries to enable better control and oversight of #GunOwnership. Anything else is fiddling on the margins and largely political in intent. BTW, in so far as a national registry is concerned, Tom is happy to leave it at ‘speedier progress’ is being made. It’s been progresing since #PortArthur mate. Do you think you could mention that? Apparently, according to Tom, ‘Smart public service minds’ have been totally incompetent and unable to find the right Consultancy to get it done. My take? It’s about #Power, #Control and $$$$ throughout the federation govts.
To be clear, Gun Laws in Australia are up to the job, especially if periodically reviewed to close loopholes and include new firearms technology (E.g. Slide-loaders, grey guns and printing) BUT they should be nationally consistent (Currently they are not, not by a long shot — pun intended)
McIlroy tosses a lot of numbers around but they mean nothing unless they can be shown to correlate with criminality and terrorism data (such data correlations ought to be done anyway). Similarly, he dismisses the QLD Police Minister (see article) without further comment. Tom obvioulsy thought it irrelevant to his argument. — which is what exactly? Not sure from this piece which concludes that nothing so far has been done to keep the community safe. Gee what an insight, thanks for that.
Here is the link to the article if you wish to read it, but really, there’s nothing much in there to take in. It’s a rehash of what’s already been written many times already. Oh, and a whole lot of frightening gun numbers if you not anxious enough.
This toot is an Opinion piece of my one.
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I have to say (because Tom McIlroy’s article is not a well written opinion piece — perhaps due to space limitations, still…) I am supportive of strict #GunLaws but even more so on the ability of the #Police to enforce them.
Taking a helicopter view, what is urgently required is $$$ to fund both a #NationalBuyBack and sufficiently staffed #FirearmsRegistries to enable better control and oversight of #GunOwnership. Anything else is fiddling on the margins and largely political in intent. BTW, in so far as a national registry is concerned, Tom is happy to leave it at ‘speedier progress’ is being made. It’s been progresing since #PortArthur mate. Do you think you could mention that? Apparently, according to Tom, ‘Smart public service minds’ have been totally incompetent and unable to find the right Consultancy to get it done. My take? It’s about #Power, #Control and $$$$ throughout the federation govts.
To be clear, Gun Laws in Australia are up to the job, especially if periodically reviewed to close loopholes and include new firearms technology (E.g. Slide-loaders, grey guns and printing) BUT they should be nationally consistent (Currently they are not, not by a long shot — pun intended)
McIlroy tosses a lot of numbers around but they mean nothing unless they can be shown to correlate with criminality and terrorism data (such data correlations ought to be done anyway). Similarly, he dismisses the QLD Police Minister (see article) without further comment. Tom obvioulsy thought it irrelevant to his argument. — which is what exactly? Not sure from this piece which concludes that nothing so far has been done to keep the community safe. Gee what an insight, thanks for that.
Here is the link to the article if you wish to read it, but really, there’s nothing much in there to take in. It’s a rehash of what’s already been written many times already. Oh, and a whole lot of frightening gun numbers if you not anxious enough.
This toot is an Opinion piece of my one.
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/199431/ Upington man gets life sentence for two road rage fatalities #GunOwnership #JohnMouton #LifeImprisonment #RoadRage #RoadRageFatalities #SouthAfrica #TrafficLaw #upington
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No gun culture, big gun industry: the EU’s quiet arms economy
With the 2026 Munich Security Conference taking place on Friday, 13, and Europe’s…
#Economy #czechrepublic #deactivatedfirearms #EconomyofEU #EconomyofEuropeanUnion #EconomyoftheEU #EconomyoftheEuropeanUnion #EUeconomy #EUregulation #EUstandards #Europe #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanParliament #gunindustry #gunownership #memberstates #MunichSecurityConference #non-EUcountries #semi-automaticfirearms
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Comparison of the 2023 and 2025 results of the U.S. National Survey of Gun Policy reveals that an increasing fraction of gun owners (mostly Republicans) valued gun ownership for protection against political violence, but a decreasing fraction thought gun ownership was important to advance political objectives.
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-026-00655-8
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So I am a gun owner. I am not a NRA member because I think we can preserve our 2A rights while keeping people safe (Think the Swiss model) and it is amazing that the hard core, typically ultra conservative , you can take my gun from my cold dead hand types are not more up in arms.
Walk back or not they are testing this to see how it goes and the gun nutters should be very very worried. #gun #gunownership #guncontrol #2A #secondamendment
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jeanine-pirro-dc-guns-rcna257230
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Marginalized communities turn to gun ownership in fear of Trump’s authoritarianism
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/liberals-lgbtq-embrace-gun-ownership
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"For all the legitimate reasons fueling progressive gun ownership, this trend also points to a perilous trajectory for the country. When citizens on both sides of the spectrum feel compelled to take up arms, it suggests that America is sliding toward a form of “militant democracy,” one in which political conflicts are increasingly defined by shows of force and the looming threat of violence. The more that Americans come to see guns as essential tools of political expression or self-preservation, the more our civic life becomes a powder keg, where every culture-shaking event may be met with talk of outright civil war. In such an environment, we risk our democratic norms giving way to fear, intimidation, and the ever-present possibility of confrontation.
History offers a warning. Societies where opposing factions armed themselves — Weimar Germany in the 1930s, for example — often saw democracy deteriorate into street clashes and authoritarian crackdowns. Even in modern stable democracies abroad, it’s virtually unheard of for mainstream political groups to organize armed wings for “self-defense” in peacetime. The United States is entering an uncomfortable new territory: Rather than relying solely on institutions to resolve political disputes, people are preparing to defend their worldview with weapons in hand. It’s a dynamic that might deter some aggressors in the short term, but it also raises the stakes of every conflict and increases the risk that a spark could ignite something far worse."
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/01/left-gun-ownership/
#USA #Militarism #SecondAmendment #GunOwnership #Polarization
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NJ Gun Ownership for Veterans with Mental Health Disabilities: To purchase a firearm in New Jersey, residents must apply for a firearm purchaser identification card and, if seeking to purchase a…
Continue reading on Medium » https://medium.com/@jeanmosquea/nj-gun-ownership-for-veterans-with-mental-health-disabilities-1b28e17a13cf?source=rss------mentalhealth-5&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GunOwnership #Veterans #MentalHealth #NewJersey #Firearms
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@allynkhine @benroyce @jhavok @Catvalente
#GunOwnership in the United States is significantly higher than in Russia.
In the U.S., about 32% of adults personally own a gun, with over 393 million civilian-owned firearms, equating to 120.5 guns per 100 people.
In contrast, only about 9% of Russians own firearms, with an estimated 13-17.6 million civilian guns, including many illegal ones, resulting in roughly 12.3 guns per 100 people.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-ownership-by-country
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@jcrabapple The most obvious things that will be of concern to leftist #Dems are that #Walz is a #GunOwner, a #Hunter & once received an "A" rating from the #NRA for his support of #GunOwnership .
The NRA lowered its rating of Walz to "F" after he changed his position to allow more restrictions on #GunOwnership following the #Parkland shooting in #Florida (including as was just pointed out to me) that, as govenor, Walz implemented background checks to prevent "mentally unstable people" from purchasing guns in #Minnesota .
So, while I do not believe that Walz will ever support a complete ban on gun ownership (other than for #AssaultWeapons ), he has already shown that he's willing to a support "common sense" restrictions on gun ownership that will lessen (but certainly not quell) the concerns of leftist Dems in this regard.
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#trump #shooting #guns #gunviolence #america #usa #armscontrol #guncontrol #assassination #nra #gunownership #weapons #election #unitedstates #donaldtrump So we have a controversial and aggressive political figure who supports the NRA, polarises a nation of gun owners, yet people are surprised when something happens?
I’ve just seen an interview with a republican girl from “Women For Trump” who blamed the Democrats and still believes in gun ownership.
Is there any wonder the USA’s in such a mess. -
#trump #shooting #guns #gunviolence #america #usa #armscontrol #guncontrol #assassination #nra #gunownership #weapons #election #unitedstates #donaldtrump
I’m not sure if anyone remembers the ending to the book “The Dead Zone” by Stephen King, but it keeps coming into my mind tonight… -
Ukraine is one of few countries where the issue of firearms for citizens is not yet regulated by law. The team at @timkmak’s Counteroffensive have written about ongoing efforts to legislate around the ownership of guns, and the debate over whether Ukrainians would have been better able to resist the occupation with free access to weapons.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/does-ukraine-need-an-american-style
#Guns #GunOwnership #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Does Size Matter? Penis Dissatisfaction And Gun Ownership In America | University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University, Florida State University, pub'd by American Journal of Men's Health
#GunOwnership #PenisSize #Men #Sociology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/12/does-size-matter-penis-dissatisfaction-and-gun-ownership-in-america/
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Does Size Matter? Penis Dissatisfaction And Gun Ownership In America | University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University, Florida State University, pub'd by American Journal of Men's Health
#GunOwnership #PenisSize #Men #Sociology #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/06/12/does-size-matter-penis-dissatisfaction-and-gun-ownership-in-america/
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More #gunownership does not lead to less #gunviolence -- States with more #gun ownership and laxer #gunlaws report higher levels of #firearm #deaths.
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Maryland bill would force gun owners to get $300K liability insurance to wear or carry
#MarylandGunBill #LiabilityInsurance #GunOwnership #SecondAmendment #FirearmRegulations #NRA #Politics #News
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#GunOwnership in #ApartheidIsrael soars (obviouly, thisvis NOT good!!): Government fast tracks approval for licences⚠️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qHTEB24eI#BloodyMaryGvir and his psychotic mates handing out firearms 'like candy'
#EndTheGenocideAgainstPalestinians
#CESSEZLEFEU
#CessateIlFuoco
#PermanentCeasefireNOW
#EndTheOccupationNOW 🇵🇸 -
Both status-related threats and victimization-related fears shape why individuals own guns, and how they use guns. #NICHDImpact #GunViolence #GunOwnership #Firearms
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Why Some #Americans #Buy #Guns. #Social #scientists are just beginning to understand who is #purchasing #firearms and how #GunOwnership may alter #behavior. #Firearm #homicides #gunviolence #illusion #safety https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/health/gun-violence-psychology.html
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Can we #agree that the #pattern and common denominator here is #guns ?
How many #innocent people would still be #alive if we had stricter #GunLaws?
This needs to stop and that begins with #regulating #GunOwnership
https://apnews.com/article/gas-station-shooting-south-carolina-teen-d85355862552b19b235ef1f344d72c58
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Barack Obama says gun ownership has become a growing "ideological" and "partisan" issue
#CBSNews #BarackObama #gunownership #ideological #partisan #politicalissues #Politics #News
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Barack Obama says gun ownership has become a growing "ideological" and "partisan" issue
#CBSNews #BarackObama #gunownership #ideological #partisan #politicalissues #Politics #News
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Barack Obama says gun ownership has become a growing "ideological" and "partisan" issue
#CBSNews #BarackObama #gunownership #ideological #partisan #politicalissues #Politics #News
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Barack Obama says gun ownership has become a growing "ideological" and "partisan" issue
#CBSNews #BarackObama #gunownership #ideological #partisan #politicalissues #Politics #News
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Barack Obama says gun ownership has become a growing "ideological" and "partisan" issue
#CBSNews #BarackObama #gunownership #ideological #partisan #politicalissues #Politics #News
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CW: Gun Violence
Dear America,
You’re not exactly showing us that you can be trusted with #GunOwnership.
Please, do better, maybe let’s stop the #NRA and make guns a license you have to renew and be assessed for.
- The Rest of the World
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Both status-related threats and victimization-related fears shape why individuals own guns, and how they use guns.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36778103
#NICHDImpact #GunOwnership #Crime #Victimization #Self-defense
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Handgun ownership trends are linked to increased firearm suicide rates among white (but not Black) teens, especially among males.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36089096
@uncpopcenter #NICHDImpact #Suicide #GunViolence #GenderDisparities #RacialDisparities #GunOwnership
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A well regulated militia means REGULATION!
#UniversalBackgroundChecks
Longer wait times & close loopholes
Required training, license, & liability insurance for #gunownership
Raise legal age to 21 yrs (25 wld be better)
Criminalize leaving #firearms where a minor can reach it
Remove the taxes on #gunsafety eqt
#RedFlagLaws to remove #guns from those who are danger to self or others, incl #domesticviolence
Ban on assault rifles & high capacity magazines
#politics #factcheck #gunsafety #guncontrol