• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Not even close to being true.

    They have a lot of farmland, and a lot of pests, so there’s a huge number of people who have a legitimate need for a firearm. There’s also a pretty strong recreational shooting community.

    I don’t know why people think you can’t have guns in Australia, but it’s just not true.

    • INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone
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      7 hours ago

      It’s quite true that you can own a gun, and yes it’s not all that hard, but there are not many little shits getting a hold of them. If any.

      Its not even remotely comparable to the US for example.

      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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        5 hours ago

        The US is a whole different world though, they have some gun accidents that would be incomprehensible where I live.

        Our laws are that a firearm has to be in a locked safe when not in use, and the rules around transporting a firearm are pretty strict as well.

        People just have loaded guns in their bedside cabinet in the states.

    • redwattlebird@thelemmy.club
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      1 day ago

      Yeh people can get guns but kids would have a really, really hard time getting access to one. Knives, easy, but guns? No.