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Anthony Albanese must show the same determination as John Howard following the Port Arthur massacre (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago

I dont really think this is a fair assessment.

Rowland Browne is a well established anti-gun nut, who other pro gun control individuals feely uncomfortable associating with.

This organisation that he's Vice Chairman of? https://www.guncontrolaustralia.org/ ? You could fit their active members in a Kia Carnival.

What they do have is a website and a fax machine, and they REGULARLY spam all the media outlets with "press releases", which those media outlets publish on a slow day.

According to Mr Browne, anyone who wants a gun for any reason is guilty of wrong-think.
"How dare thousands of wrong-thinkers band together to stop righness!"

We're past the point of diminishing returns on gun control in Australia, but Mr Browne won't be happy until there isn't a single gun, nor the means to make them, and children aren't playing "cops and robbers" with bent sticks.

I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard from Phillip Alpers yet.