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Thread: 20,000 guns stolen per year according to the ODT

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    That's just very poor journalism full stop if the 20000 figure was true, the journo would print the source of said information.
    I do like this in the third paragraph from bottom though.

    "It is a difficult balance, given responsible gun owners will inevitably be tarred with any reactionary brush, "

    But that's about it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sideshow View Post
    That's just very poor journalism full stop if the 20000 figure was true, the journo would print the source of said information.
    Pretty sure the journalist is just quoting the police union guy. Who really has no excuse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    Pretty sure the journalist is just quoting the police union guy. Who really has no excuse.
    Pretty sure the so called 'journalist ' is full of shit.

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    C'mon now he might be including nail guns rivet guns spray guns glue guns and so on and such might boost the figures a bit .......can't let the facts get in the way of a good story

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    that ODT piece is an editorial — essentially a puffed-up in-house column/opinion piece — so one shouldn't expect facts, balance or journalism.

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    So in the last five years 100,000 firearms were stolen or sold to criminals? How many criminals are there in a country with only 4 million people?

    More media releases by the POlice to bolster their coming attempt to convince politicians and the public of the need for a strict firearms law change once the inquiry results are published.
    If they have to make up figures it just shows how weak the need for it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway View Post
    So in the last five years 100,000 firearms were stolen or sold to criminals? How many criminals are there in a country with only 4 million people?

    More media releases by the POlice to bolster their coming attempt to convince politicians and the public of the need for a strict firearms law change once the inquiry results are published.
    If they have to make up figures it just shows how weak the need for it is.
    Personally I can see a case for a big shake up of the police hierarchy if they are allowing so much major crime to be happening and yet they are obviously not doing anything useful to counter it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty View Post
    C'mon now he might be including nail guns rivet guns spray guns glue guns and so on and such might boost the figures a bit .......can't let the facts get in the way of a good story
    Now that you mention it Scotty, some bastard did steal my grease gun. I wonder if that is in the number?
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    @Rushy, you owned a grease gun! B or E cat! Hope it was unloaded, where do you store the grease? I bet you only owned it for the nipple!
    Was it a Blouse!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maca49 View Post
    @Rushy, you owned a grease gun! B or E cat! Hope it was unloaded, where do you store the grease? I bet you only owned it for the nipple!
    Was it a Blouse!
    Very clever Maca. Nothing wrong with a bit of grease on a nipple. Ha ha ha ha ..... and there you go folks, in one easy lesson that is how you go way off subject in a thread.
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    This just in.... ODT reports a man assaulted with stolen grease gun .... police haven't heard a squeak out of him
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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty View Post
    This just in.... ODT reports a man assaulted with stolen grease gun .... police haven't heard a squeak out of him
    dead clown found with a bullet wound to his head, he was also covered in crushed nuts, chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream. police think he may have topped himself
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    "Has gun ownership evolved into a right, rather than a privilege?"

    Considering the definition of privilege means special right I'd say your repeating yourself you git.

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    Again, this is all just part of a propaganda war.

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    I think the comment by Dick O'Connor must be wrong as well, "police losing the arms race" shit if 20 k are going a year the horse has well and truly bolted! I'm bugger if I know why we keep them secured, it's obviously not working and is just a small inconvenience to the crim.
    How do thes wankers hold their jobs??
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