Strange Politics: Gun lobby’s zealot fringe mobilises online

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JUST mention gun control and every Yosemite Sam and his dog comes out with keyboards blazing, champing at the bit to teach some namby-pamby wuss a lesson in statistics.

The New South Wales Greens this week released data obtained through a freedom of information request revealing the number of legally registered firearms in each of the state's postcodes.

Someone in the latte-sipping heartland (a term critics later directed my way) of inner Sydney around La Perouse had a private cache of 302 guns; another in Mosman had 278.

Hardly a couple of knockabout cockies keeping the foxes at bay, but still two completely law-abiding citizens who happen to enjoy firearms, as far as anyone knows.

http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/strange-politics-gun-lobbys-zealot-fringe/2997902/

[Eleanors38]

1. So, the Daily Examiner discovers da Internet. woopee.

[benEzra]

2. If the gun control lobby understood statistics,

maybe they'd take a more rational approach to the issue, instead of constantly decrying handgrips that stick out and shoulder things that go up.

[ileus]

3. Wonder if the goon that published this pile even knows what gun is pictured?

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[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. I'm no expert but it looks like an assault sniper shotgun with armor piercing clips.

[Straw Man]

4. I thought Australia had solved all their gun violence issues.

Why are they still discussing this?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Just out of curiosity, what defines "zealotry"?

[jimmy the one]

7. Laffo's

One of these LAFOs - Law Abiding Firearms Owners, as they call themselves - was actively campaigning to overturn the Federal Govt's ban on importing the dismembered heads of lions.

Hahaha! Can't stop LAFFing!
Dunno if I like LAFO better than LARGO, or LAGO; .. LAFFO sums up a small portion of 'fabricating' gun owners, but gives them a backhanded compliment.