Gun control definitely makes it safer to be a politician who lies and
disappoint.

Lance Baker wrote:

> > If gun control were REALLY about crime, you'd be right.
> > Unfortunately, that's only the excuse. The actual reason is that
> > gun owners are a vocal minority that's standing in the way
> > of the statists. Gun shows contribute nada to street crime,
> > but their great political meaning places and 99 percent of
> > the people there are anti-statist, anti-government utopian.
> > They can be neutralized by criminalizing them and their guns.
>
> And now from a different perspective:
> Gun control has probably been introduced in Australia so the citizens can't
> violently oppose the "nucleur waste dump" and other bitter issues we will
> face soon.
> (only joking)
> Lance