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Re:‘Extraordinary’ hacking powers pass Australian Parliament by nverno on Thursday August 26, 2021 @04:52AM (#28312295)
Do the new restrictions make Aussies think someone hellbent of murdering people like this wouldn't be able to do so? I see stories of people committing mass murders by driving vans through crowded streets, for example.

It is interesting that these restrictions pre-date the country's more authoritarian move. Disarming the populace occurred prior to communist takeovers, eg. Russia early 20th

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Re:‘Extraordinary’ hacking powers pass Australian Parliament by SturgeonsLaw on Thursday August 26, 2021 @09:27AM (#28314610)
Of course if someone wanted to inflict harm there are other ways to do it, but banning guns removes one very effective way of doing it. The claim that guns protect against the tyranny of government is dubious, since it seems to imply that civilians shooting at police or soldiers would improve an already dire situation - that seems unlikely.

Gun control has broad support in Australia - in a poll, 40% of respondents think the laws are fine as they are, 45% said they should be even stronger, and 6% said they were too strong.

https://essentialvision.com.au/gun-laws

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Re:‘Extraordinary’ hacking powers pass Australian Parliament by arcticbull on Thursday August 26, 2021 @05:14AM (#28312447)
The data indicates so, yes. I suggest you look up the numbers.
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