Australian Ambassador Argues Aussie-Style Gun Control Wrong For U.S.

By Tom Knighton

Anti-gun crusaders love them some Australia-style gun control. They look at the whole process over there and think, “If only.” They want the euphemistically-termed “buybacks” that no one has any choice about, combined with a strict licensing scheme that would make the Founding Fathers curl up in the fetal position.

They want it all.

The problem is, the Australian Ambassador to the United States doesn’t think that’s the right call for the good old U.S. of A.

However, Australian ambassador to the U.S., Joe Hockey, who helped craft the National Firearms Act while serving in Parliament, says that idea is naive.

Shortly after the Vegas massacre, Hockey tweeted: “I was in Govt. that changed Aussie gun laws. Guns are more pervasive & cultural here in USA. We all ‘wish’ for change but it’d be a miracle.”

The writer, Molly McClusky, got a chance to talk with Hockey about guns and the U.S.

OK, Joe. Following the Vegas massacre, you tweeted that, essentially, guns are more cultural and pervasive in the U.S. than in Australia. What do you mean by that?

Australia and the United States are completely different situations, and it goes back to each of our foundings. America was born from a culture …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms