Politicians working for the people – Gun Control

In 2013 the US television news satire, The Daily Show, put to air a three part mini-documentary comparing US action on gun control with Australia’s. Strip away the comedy and you’re left with a story of politicians in Australia who were so incensed by the Port Arthur massacre that they put … Continue reading

Guns make you safer? Check the evidence.

Last night I watched Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore’s award-winning film about U.S. gun culture. It was released in 2002 in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre. In this intensely disturbing program, the comment that jumped out at me was this one by a Canadian being interviewed: If more guns … Continue reading