history: I know many people here in the US who have guns at home, and find it fascinating how different laws and attitudes vary among different countries.
knowledge: Many countries have restrictive firearm policies, while a few have permissive ones.
response: Oh do you?  A few countries have permissive firearm policies, and many have restrictive ones.
history: I know many people here in the US who have guns at home, and find it fascinating how different laws and attitudes vary among different countries.
Oh do you?  A few countries have permissive firearm policies, and many have restrictive ones.
We've lived abroad, and seen it firsthand. To many, we're downright barbaric. It's a hot topic, I know -- but there has to be more than ''don't touch my guns!!!''
knowledge: In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries (23.2 injuries per 100,000 U.S. citizens), and 33,636 deaths due to ''injury by firearms'' (10.6 deaths per 100,000 U.S. citizens).
response: Hmm.  Did you know that in 2013 there were 73,505 firearm injuries that were nonfatal in the US?
history: I know many people here in the US who have guns at home, and find it fascinating how different laws and attitudes vary among different countries.
Oh do you?  A few countries have permissive firearm policies, and many have restrictive ones.
We've lived abroad, and seen it firsthand. To many, we're downright barbaric. It's a hot topic, I know -- but there has to be more than ''don't touch my guns!!!''
Hmm.  Did you know that in 2013 there were 73,505 firearm injuries that were nonfatal in the US?
That many?   What about gun homicides?
knowledge: The country has one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world.
response: I'm not sure which, but there is a country that has a low rate of gun homicides.
history: I know many people here in the US who have guns at home, and find it fascinating how different laws and attitudes vary among different countries.
Oh do you?  A few countries have permissive firearm policies, and many have restrictive ones.
We've lived abroad, and seen it firsthand. To many, we're downright barbaric. It's a hot topic, I know -- but there has to be more than ''don't touch my guns!!!''
Hmm.  Did you know that in 2013 there were 73,505 firearm injuries that were nonfatal in the US?
That many?   What about gun homicides?
I'm not sure which, but there is a country that has a low rate of gun homicides.
And didn't Australia totally outlaw them after some mass shootings? It's beyond disheartening to witness the grip that the NRA has on our policy makers, to NOT change laws in the aftermath of so many mass tragedies.
knowledge: Firearms were introduced into Australia with European settlement on 26 January 1788.
response: I'm not sure.   A fact for you though, European settlers introduced firearms to Australia, in 1788.