I will upvote this every time. It's such a great explanation.

Love it. This is accurate and hilarious.

I wish that green was wrong... this inequality is something that needs to be changed in the world.

what did she expect in a gender neutral bathroom? men lining up and waiting for her until she finishes using the bathroom?

Hey America! Can you feel the burn of the Australian Sun hitting you?

That’s right, we don’t want to be you. We’re happy just the way we are. For the record, we had a gun amnesty and Aussies gave up their guns willingly because we knew that there are some things in this world that you just don’t need.

I lost all hope for meaningful gun control after Sandy Hook.

I'm not sure what is more messed up about the U.S.: the lack of universal healthcare or the complete lack of gin control. Or the systematic racism or the militarised police or... I could be here all night. The civilised world just looks on in horror and sympathises with those with an appetite for change but limited power to effect it.

I didn't know what an active shooter meant until I watched an American cop show about a year ago. I had never even heard those words before. Hit's different. Hope y'all in America are ok <3

Forget the second amendment. I'm moving to Australia.

It has taken me decades to realize that we are brainwashed from birth to grow up and believe that America is the greatest country on Earth. It's not.

Spoken like someone who feels like James Bond when they hold a weapon. There are other ways to get self esteem and I assure no one sees you as James Bond.

We (America) NEED a gun law where you’re only allowed to have guns for self defense (but it stays in your home), your job (like the military), or hunting (but only if you have a license). And of course, background checks.

America is a sick AF place, Rittenhouse is going to walk.

It took Australia exactly one really terrible rampage commited by a total lunatic to realize that guns kill people. US instead just refuses to learn like somebody with a brain malfunction

Lived in America for almost 15 years. Had kids, paid taxes, built careers and lives. Now the very thought of taking my brown boys back to that place terrifies me. Do better, US, you’re the best damn country in the world.

But we need assault rifles to go get coffee at Starbucks! /s

Having lived in the US and Australia, when I was in the US the idea that I might get shot at, however small, was in the back of my mind. In Australia there is no such fear. The fact schools in the US have to do shooter drills is so saddening

American patriotism can be so toxic with this “us and them” mentality. We will NEVER have equality with this mindset, let alone respect for humanity.

[Pauline] no one wants to be American now.

Australia Knows what an Active Shooter is. We have experienced One Too Many Shootings., We don't want Mass Murderers running around with weapons. We don't want to be getting phone calls from our schools saying there has been a shooting and several students are dead. It is bad enough seeing the shootings we do have, when are laws are so restrictive on Guns. People have guns, but they are licensed, they go to Gun Clubs and they are selective in who can own a gun. We can't buy a gun from K-Mart or Target or Aldi, or even the local news agency. If we want guns, we have to prove responsibility, join a Gun Club, Get a License , Then and only then, we can buy a Gun from a Specialist store or Gun Club. We have to have our Ammunition in a separate and approved Gun safe, far away from the ammunition safe which holds all the Ammunition. Not fully loaded and stuck under our pillow or in the top of the wardrobe. There is a lot of difference. We can't go shopping with a Gun in it's holster.

I think both sides are the wrong argument. OP is right that everyone should be allowed to defend themselves. All countries that I'm aware of respect the fact in some way, and when it's always possible that what you have to defend yourself against is your own government then an population allowed to arm itself seems entirely reasonable. Also, the reply is correct, in that we've had a taste of lunatics with guns and we're not too fond of that. On the other hand, both seem to be implying or at least agreeing that Australia is unarmed, but that's just not true. We never "gave up our arms". Most people never had guns or an interest in them when the newer laws came in. Now still most people don't have guns, and we simply have more strict gun controls than we had. I recall when the laws came in because my mum guns and recall her being unsure if she'd have to hand any of hers in (I don't recall what the specific restrictions were). But either way she was still allowed guns, which she used at the pistol club, and I recall using her rifle myself for fun when I lived with her out woop woop for a while. She started shooting I presume because she felt unsafe in our neighbourhood, took a liking to it, then made a hobby of it and became reasonably good at it. She didn't have many female competitors, so she'd often compete with men and won a few trophies. So, we never did give up guns. You can get and keep a gun given you have a reason, and that reason might be as simple as recreation. There's just a little more oversight than there was on licencing and more restrictions on what guns can be legally acquired. But loads of people hunt with guns. Farmers generally have guns. And people use guns for fun. Plus, we don't have the kind of borders that guns and criminals can cross easily, nor neighbours who are currently an immediate threat. It makes no sense, or difference, if we had an "armed population" at this point in time. If a serious threat emerges, I'm sure people will take that into consideration. So, we should be allowed to have guns, and we are. Also, a culture or attitude that guns are a primary deterent to our government is probably not favourable because that will probably only likely result in people pushing the boundary of that freedom which would lead to problems. Access to weapons is a necessary protection to have and maintain, but we should probably try using words before bullets. Anyway, they're both wrong for having the argument in the first place because it's based on a fallacy. https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2012/December/Australian_gun_laws

I am American and I'd prefer that we not have firearms here, so bravo to Australia!

Sandy Hook anyone?

Burn

Yeah we quite happy here in Australia not having school shootings daily thanks.

Okay so this is just gonna be another “all Americans are horrible and nobody else ever did anything bad” posts?

i am 55yo and i don't know what active shooter means. saw it first time here🤷

i thought they were talking about limbs for a moment