Black rifle thread

[Jiman01]

US is completely different to Australia because we are an island and don’t share land borders with anyone.
It is extremely difficult to get guns into the country so where you have a real problem that crazy people can easily get guns, we do not.
So we just don’t need a gun for self defence.
We also look more at the rights of the group/population more than the individual rights.
So while a small percentage of the population may want guns, it is better for the population as a whole to restrict them.

It also reflects with the attitude of police.
As they know there is a 99% likelihood that a person will not have a gun, they act less defensively or aggressively and are happier.
The interactions with them are friendly, joking and pleasant for both parties.

As I discovered a couple of weeks ago when commenting on Kansas City, with a population of only 500,000 people it has more murders than the entire country of Australia, with a population of 26 million.
Australia is also physically the same size as mainland USA but with less than 10% of the population it is less crowded and densely populated. So less pressure and stress.

USA and Australia are very different and so we have different needs for protection or self defence.

I understand your point and agree that there are differences in our respective countries. I was only addressing your statement regarding freedoms.

I will say as a police officer for 26yrs, some are nice and some are dicks, just like in any other occupation…and when it comes to being “friendly, joking, and being pleasant”, is dependent on the nature of the interaction and attitude of the other person(s). If a cop shows up because you just beat your wife, I’m quite sure an Aussie police officer is going to be anything but friendly, joking and pleasant.

An interaction between someone who is armed legally and not theating me, is no more/less different than someone who is not armed. What makes me aggressive is if they try to hurt me or someone else. But if that doesn’t happen, and all things being equal, I’m just as nice to a good-guy with a gun, than a good-guy without a gun.

 

[Zimm]

If you were to sell one to fund a wine fridge, which would go? This is the real question.

Slightly less plinking, somewhat better drinking.

I’d jettison the 22” bull barrel, assuming that’s 223/556.

 

[LC0013]

No one is taking your gun, and if a regime came in that wanted too, they aren’t gonna settle for games anyway....,

Not for the next 42 months anyway.

 

[DaveB]

I understand your point and agree that there are differences in our respective countries. I was only addressing your statement regarding freedoms.

I will say as a police officer for 26yrs, some are nice and some are dicks, just like in any other occupation…and when it comes to being “friendly, joking, and being pleasant”, is dependent on the nature of the interaction and attitude of the other person(s). If a cop shows up because you just beat your wife, I’m quite sure an Aussie police officer is going to be anything but friendly, joking and pleasant.

An interaction between someone who is armed legally and not theating me, is no more/less different than someone who is not armed. What makes me aggressive is if they try to hurt me or someone else. But if that doesn’t happen, and all things being equal, I’m just as nice to a good-guy with a gun, than a good-guy without a gun.

Yes we tend to see the bad cops on the news and YouTube unfortunately.