"See! Here's one example of mass murder where it wasn't a gun, therefore guns are okay and I'm gonna get my 4yo niece a mini machine gun, in pink."
as an Australian, fuck I am so grateful crazy people can't get guns in this country. imagine what this guy could have done with an automatic weapon.
"If only someone had a gun then they could have shot him"
Forgetting that he would have then likely had a gun himself and we end up at the exact same situation in the US with Mass Shootings happening so regularly it doesn't even make national news.
Kinda goes to prove the point that all these killings aren't a gun issue since mass killing is possible either way (its just easier with a gun). Taking guns away would be akin to placing society in a giant old school mental asylum where we are all in straight jackets. Sure we would all be killing each other a lot less when we are in straight jackets all day, but it doesn't stop the violent thoughts and ideation.
Mass killings are always going to happen. The difference is that it's a lot harder to kill a lot of people with a knife than it is with a automatic handgun or rifle. Effective range of a knife is maybe 1-2 metres. Effective range of a gun is hundreds of metres.
Due to strong defamation laws the media won’t be specific until the police speak up, or might even wait for a conviction
I know what alleged means. And in this context, it means they either shot the guy who was stabbing people or shot someone else, meaning they don't know if it is or isn't the guy they were looking for.
Worst since the 90s. What happened in the 90s the “recession that we had to have”.
Anyway the offender probably played violent video games or they were Muslim.
Glancing over their other comments for about 15 seconds, I'm going to vote yes: it's sarcasm.
I'm going with "it has to either be sarcasm or Tipper Gore's lemmy acct" but I'm too lazy to check his history.
Port Arthur Massacre, mass shooting in and around Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, on April 28–29, 1996, that left 35 people dead and some 18 wounded; the gunman, Martin Bryant, was later sentenced to 35 life terms.
This resulted in the tightening of our gun laws and what firearms can be owned by who and under what licence.
Has prevented a repeat since. Touch wood.
Also owning guns is easy in Australia I have several