Australian Gun Control Activists Propose Boycott Of U.S.

[DigitalDrifter]

I've wondered for quite some time when we would start to see pressure from the outside.
Not that it's any of their business, but it will be interesting to see if we see a serious threat from our trading partners.
Just as a side note, this is what would have finally killed slavery had the country not gone to war with one another over it.

As we struggle to wrap our collective heads around yet another mass shooting here in the U.S. — after the tragedy in Oregon — we're not alone in wondering what can be done to prevent them. President Obama raised the examples of successful gun control legislation in the U.K. and Australia during his speech this week. Some Australians agree we should follow their lead — or face the consequences.

This wasn't the first time Australia in particular has been discussed as a model. In response to a mass shooting in 1996, the country's parliament passed a major reform of its gun laws. The National Firearms Agreement banned all "semi-automatic, self-loading, and pump-action longarms" and resulted in the surrender of more than 660,000 weapons. Studies showed that the rate of death by firearm fell by 50% after the laws went into effect, though not everyone agrees on whether that's due to the NFA or an already dropping homicide and suicide rate.

In this country, the Second Amendment and a vastly decentralized government prevent us from getting anywhere close to the level of gun control Australia and other countries have achieved, but on Australia's Today Show, ThinkProgress reports that Gun Control Australia director Samantha Lee proposed something rather drastic to spur American legislators into action. She said that Australians should boycott all non-essential visits to the United States until we do something about gun violence.

"I believe we have a duty to respond to this tragedy in the U.S.," she said.

In 2014, 1.2 million Australians visited the country (not 2.1 million, as Lee stated in her interview) according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, so that could make a bit of a blip on the economy. It would be much bigger, however, if other countries started doing the same. Last year, international visitors spent about $220 billion in the U.S. That's a bit more than the $31 million the gun lobby gave to Republicans in 2013 and '14, according to the

Would An Australian Boycott Help Americans Pass Gun Control?

 

[Mr. H.]

Oh boo-hoo-hoo, they'll stop vacationing in the U.S.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Oh boo-hoo-hoo, they'll stop vacationing in the U.S.

Yeah my heart will be broken !

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I like the Ozzies, but they've become damned stupid of late.

 

[Mr. H.]

One of my great-grandmothers was from Australia. Well, not a native of course but they were early settlers.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

All the Aussies I've met here in Houston have been really nice people.
Of course they're always conservatives.....

 

[Rustic]

They can vacation in their outback(anyone see the movie wolf creek) or the cesspool that is Europe... It's their loss.

 

[Stephanie]

eh, they do this every time. let them go on vacation to Iran, China, North Korea. maybe we can send them a post card

 

[Mr. H.]

They can vacation in their outback(anyone see the movie wolf creek) or the cesspool that is Europe... It's their loss.

Years ago, I was in a bar throwing darts when this Aus dick kept saying "have another beer, have another shot. Don't be a girl". I could have knocked him senseless. What a fucking ass.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

I've wondered for quite some time when we would start to see pressure from the outside.
Not that it's any of their business, but it will be interesting to see if we see a serious threat from our trading partners.
Just as a side note, this is what would have finally killed slavery had the country not gone to war with one another over it.

As we struggle to wrap our collective heads around yet another mass shooting here in the U.S. — after the tragedy in Oregon — we're not alone in wondering what can be done to prevent them. President Obama raised the examples of successful gun control legislation in the U.K. and Australia during his speech this week. Some Australians agree we should follow their lead — or face the consequences.

This wasn't the first time Australia in particular has been discussed as a model. In response to a mass shooting in 1996, the country's parliament passed a major reform of its gun laws. The National Firearms Agreement banned all "semi-automatic, self-loading, and pump-action longarms" and resulted in the surrender of more than 660,000 weapons. Studies showed that the rate of death by firearm fell by 50% after the laws went into effect, though not everyone agrees on whether that's due to the NFA or an already dropping homicide and suicide rate.

In this country, the Second Amendment and a vastly decentralized government prevent us from getting anywhere close to the level of gun control Australia and other countries have achieved, but on Australia's Today Show, ThinkProgress reports that Gun Control Australia director Samantha Lee proposed something rather drastic to spur American legislators into action. She said that Australians should boycott all non-essential visits to the United States until we do something about gun violence.

"I believe we have a duty to respond to this tragedy in the U.S.," she said.

In 2014, 1.2 million Australians visited the country (not 2.1 million, as Lee stated in her interview) according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, so that could make a bit of a blip on the economy. It would be much bigger, however, if other countries started doing the same. Last year, international visitors spent about $220 billion in the U.S. That's a bit more than the $31 million the gun lobby gave to Republicans in 2013 and '14, according to the

Would An Australian Boycott Help Americans Pass Gun Control?

Well that's a win/win...

I say we help 'em out and just flat out ban Australian Gun Banners. Actual Australians are, of course, welcome.

 

[Stephanie]

and I thought the Aussies were manly men. damn this is disappointing.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

and I thought the Aussies were manly men. damn this is disappointing.

Those are Leftists... and there's not a 'man' to be found anywhere in the Ideological Left. The closest you'll get are the butch lesbians and I think they're at 178 degrees. Could by 175... .

 

[Stephanie]

and I thought the Aussies were manly men. damn this is disappointing.

Those are Leftists... and there's not a 'man' to be found anywhere in the Ideological Left. The closest you'll get are the butch lesbians and I think they're at 178 degrees. Could by 175... .

oh darn. LOL

 

[Mr. H.]

Back to my great-grandmother.... she and her bloodline eventually made their way back to England from Australia via a sailboat ship.

The Vesperas. I've got a photo of it but fuck you I'm not going to bother.

There, she met my great-grandfather. They begat my grandfather who begat my mother who begat me.

And now, you know the rest of the story....

G'day!

 

[Rustic]

Buy more guns and ammo...

 

[Mr. H.]

I got begat from a lot of begattors. Sex and fucking made me what I am today.

 

[Mr. H.]

I have a long history of fuckers in my family tree.

Mom and dad fucked. Grandpa and grandma fucked. Great grandpa and great grandma fucked.

Great-great grandpa and great-great grandma fucked.

Great-great-great grandpa and great-great-grandma fucked.

Yet... not an abortion among them.

What's up with that shit?

 

[Mr. H.]

That's all we think about these days.. fuck fuck fuck, abort abort abort.

Suction ligation is the new condom.

 

[Mr. H.]

Which begs the question... what is the proportion of cum that goes into a woman's mouth as indexed against the cum that actually enters the vaginal cavity?

 

[Mr. H.]

The vaginal cavity.... that's a deep subject.

Or is it?....