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Where does this myth come from? It's quite the opposite. For example, around 30 years ago hundreds of thousands of Australians willingly handed in their guns. A
by trallnag 1y ago
Where does this myth come from? It's quite the opposite. For example, around 30 years ago hundreds of thousands of Australians willingly handed in their guns. And they accepted new laws that mostly prevented them from owning guns, and by that using them for self-defense.
- viktorcode 1y agoI think that was a buyout. Government offered money for the guns.
- psunavy03 1y agoThat's irrelevant to the argument that was being made. Confiscation for payment is still confiscation; see also "eminent domain."
- incone123 1y agoAbout that time my then boss handed in his guns, 'willingly' only in that he wasn't daft enough to think he could beat the police in a firefight.