Must read book, BOON DOCKERS etc

Fizz wrote:
Where are the monitors???

Way, way off topic.

It's a U.S. thing I guess:)..Ask a mod nicely and he may close it:)

Where are the monitors???

Way, way off topic.

Slownsy wrote:
Mr Wizzard you just lost a lot of my respect for your postings. I hapen to have lived in Australia for 35 years, I wrote that ther is crime and drugs in Australia, but no wher the shootings going on in America, maybe you can post som of the killing that have happend in the last 5 years like the 3 year old shouting a 1 year old, or the many school killings.
Frank.

How many people in Australia? How many people in the United States? If the US is SOOOO bad and Australia is SOOO much better, why did you opt to leave such a crime free society and move to the murderous, drug ridden United States of America? Just curious...one would think that one wouldn't want to be anywhere near the United States of America as bad and evil as it is....I know one thing, it's the ONLY country in the entire WORLD that will come to the aid of every other country in the world and when something happens in the United States NO ONE come's to our aid:h Never have figured that one out.....but, most hate the United States, we normally stand alone and are quite use to it....

use to be an old saying that is probably not "politically correct" now a day's, but it was

"love it, or leave it"....











AUSTRALIA: MORE VIOLENT CRIME DESPITE GUN BAN

April 13, 2009

It is a common fantasy that gun bans make society safer. In 2002 -- five years after enacting its gun ban -- the Australian Bureau of Criminology acknowledged there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent crime. In fact, the percent of murders committed with a firearm was the highest it had ever been in 2006 (16.3 percent), says the D.C. Examiner.

Even Australia's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research acknowledges that the gun ban had no significant impact on the amount of gun-involved crime:

In 2006, assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent.
Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
Moreover, Australia and the United States -- where no gun-ban exists -- both experienced similar decreases in murder rates:

Between 1995 and 2007, Australia saw a 31.9 percent decrease; without a gun ban, America's rate dropped 31.7 percent.
During the same time period, all other violent crime indices increased in Australia: assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent.
Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
At the same time, U.S. violent crime decreased 31.8 percent: rape dropped 19.2 percent; robbery decreased 33.2 percent; aggravated assault dropped 32.2 percent.
Australian women are now raped over three times as often as American women.
While this doesn't prove that more guns would impact crime rates, it does prove that gun control is a flawed policy. Furthermore, this highlights the most important point: gun banners promote failed policy regardless of the consequences to the people who must live with them, says the Examiner.

Mr Wizzard you just lost a lot of my respect for your postings. I hapen to have lived in Australia for 35 years, I wrote that ther is crime and drugs in Australia, but no wher the shootings going on in America, maybe you can post som of the killing that have happend in the last 5 years like the 3 year old shouting a 1 year old, or the many school killings.
Frank.

I was interested until reading the snippets posted here. They won't be seeing any of my money.

Fizz wrote:
Lot of commenting from people who have not even read the book.

It's not an editorial in the New York Times.
It's a book written by amateurs for a home audience.

There are 100's of books written by travelers poking fun at places they have visited.

SHEESH!!

Wife down loaded on her Kindle, and SHEESH!!! it was...tripe....So we're now not allowed to express our opinions on a reading that was presented to us on this forum? Wow.....Wouldn't waste my time reading an OP-Ed in the New York Times either....

Lot of commenting from people who have not even read the book.

It's not an editorial in the New York Times.
It's a book written by amateurs for a home audience.

There are 100's of books written by travelers poking fun at places they have visited.

SHEESH!!

not sure why i would buy a book to be insulted especialy from people who think $20 per night to camp is too much.

Woodtroll wrote:
I did read the book, several weeks ago. A lot of it was interesting, but after the first few chapters the author simply wore the term "redneck" out, usually in conjunction with other derogatory terms. He's the one driving the past-its-prime van across the country with constantly squealing fan belt that he seems unable to fix; maybe he should ask a redneck for help? Sort of like me spending a ton of time and money touring Australia, then referring to half of its citizens in derogatory terms. I'm glad the book was free!

Thank god it's only free to those that are monthy kindle subscribers. Otherwise I might would of been inclined to download it, just to see...lol

NC Hauler wrote:

mlts22 wrote:
The biggest difference is that gunpowder, casings, and ammo are a lot harder to get in the UK and OZ, so for the most part, a gun at best is something home-made there.

Funny, alway's seems the "bad guy's" never have a problem getting the gun's or ammo....The bad guy's can get guns from a lot of places as Mr. Wizard stated...doubt they're all running around with "home made" guns.......Sometimes, we really do have to take the blinders off and look at "the real world"........Eden disappeared a very, very long time ago...

also glad I live in a country where I CAN have guns and ammo to defend myself against those who use them illegally...

Yep...as an LEO, I can tell you that criminals usually don't commit crimes with guns registered to themselves. And most are convicted felons and "can not" (are not supposed to) possess a gun.