Obama wants us to follow the Australian model when it comes to gun control, here’s what it looks like:
A coroner has recommended some drink-driving offences be taken into account when people seek or renew firearms licences.
South Australian Deputy Coroner Anthony Schapel has investigated the death of Adelaide man Troy O’Donohoe, 32, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in December 2010.
The same night he died, he had been driving an unregistered car when stopped by police at suburban Campbelltown.
Mr O’Donohoe sped off from police and officers later found him dead in the bathroom of his home.
The man had lost his licence earlier in the year for drink-driving and had renewed his gun licence after that time.
Mr Schapel said in some cases a drink-driving offence with a significant blood-alcohol reading could reflect a mental or physical health condition.
He said there was a strong case for those who had recorded a high reading when tested to face a medical examination before they could seek or renew a firearms licence.
Source: https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24711848/firearms-licence-applications-should-examine-drink-driving-offences-sa-coroner-says/
While drinking and driving isn’t a responsible choice, it’s not more irresponsible than hiking without proper equipment, eating too much, drinking too much at a party, having unsafe sex, and lots of other choices human beings make.
Of course, Australia doesn’t have a Second Amendment, this is why I don’t pay much attention to people who talk about natural rights. If it’s not in the Constitution, your natural rights can be trampled upon. In Western Australia you can’t even bear and keep a crossbow, so the fact they still give gun licenses is surprising.I wonder if 10 or 20 years from now, even that will be gone.