Gun buyback deadline expires with most states still refusing to sign on
Submitted 3 weeks ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
Submitted 3 weeks ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
Mountaineer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The National Cabinet agreed in principle to the deal, but implementing it requires their individual states to buy in.
I’m surprised the federal government hasn’t completely abandoned this yet.
It’s simply not worth the political capital:
There’s a vocal minority desperate to take away other people’s guns for personal/idea logical reasons.
There’s a slightly larger, but still a minority, desperate to keep their guns (who personally have never done anything wrong).
And an uncaring majority who are being told they will have to pay for it with their taxes.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
You’ve left out a fourth group who is probably much bigger than the first 2, as a subset of the the 3rd.
People who generally think uncessary access to guns is not desirable. Farming, military, land management, and only in numbers that are actually needed.
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say the average person looks at the US and thinks: yeah, that’s dumb.
Ask the average person on the street what they think of the buyback after port Arthur. It’s overwhelmingly: yeah, obviously good.
I’m willing to be they feel the same about this buy back back, but with everything going on, it’s not exactly top of mind.
I think you woefully underestimate how anti-gun the majority of the population is. Even if most people don’t have much time to really engage with it.
The amount of money it’ll cost is pennies in the grand scheme of things. Hence why we all aren’t even paying attention.
Mountaineer@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I was indeed speaking in generalisations, we could split it even further into hundreds of little sub-groups.
Those who are anti hunting, but pro gun vs those that are pro hunting but anti gun for instance.
The amount of people who are actively pro gun in any form is bigger than the group who are ACTIVELY anti gun.
And both of those together are outnumbered 20:1 by people who either don’t care at all or non active.
this?
This is bait.