Originally Posted by
LINGUS
BILLFISHER #193 NO - I did not "tell you that they are necessary to enjoy hunting" - never said nor implied that. Assumptions often backfire.
Your statement "Far from being futile the laws have worked" Sorry to disillusion you, but methinks that Don Weatherburn - Head honcho of NSW Bureau of Crime Stats said openly in Oct 2005 (references available) might know a bit more than you.
"I would need to see more convincing evidence than there is to be able to say that gun laws have had any effect," Dr Weatherburn said. "The best that could be said for the tougher laws is there has been no other mass killing using firearms [since Port Arthur]." (pc: chopping them up into barrels, or burning down hostels, or blowing them up is ignored - only gun related mass murders matter!)