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Gun Control & RKBA

petronius

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8. It's indicative of a knee-jerk, emotional, antipathy to firearms

Reply to Meiko (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jun 2012

The Australian official quoted said "...Australian Olympians are required to meet very high standards of conduct..." as if safe and legal use of firearms was somehow deficient in that regard. It's a 'gunz baad!' response...

(Although to be fair, these two do not seem to be the most stellar representatives of Australian athletes in general - the reaction may have been different if the athletes in question had had less of a history of misbehavior. These two doofuses are under a bit of a microscope, I think.)

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Australian swimmers punished for posing with firearms in CA [View all] petronius Jun 2012 OP

good.it's nice to see there are sensible people in the world bowens43 Jun 2012 #1

Oh boy you just openned up a bag of worms. Be ready friend. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #2

It's impressive rrneck Jun 2012 #3

yeah about that gejohnston Jun 2012 #4

Yes, it is sad. BiggJawn Jun 2012 #11

In your world, "sensible" appears to be a code word for "tyrannical" derby378 Jun 2012 #13

The Aussie leadership involved in this Meiko Jun 2012 #5

It's indicative of a knee-jerk, emotional, antipathy to firearms petronius Jun 2012 #8

Apparently the members of the Australian olympic team are required to behave Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #9

Please explain how this was "inappropriate". PavePusher Jun 2012 #10

It is up to the Australian olympic team to decide what is or is not appropriate. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #12

"gun porn"? What is that? PavePusher Jun 2012 #15

They have rules, these clowns have repeatedly broken them. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #16

Can't be porn, no-one's naked. PavePusher Jun 2012 #17

naked guns. Porn is in the eyes of the beholder, or community standards. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #21

Please cite to this rule about not having one's picture taken while holding a firearm.... PavePusher Jun 2012 #24

That's odd, it seems they had no problem with 'gun porn' a couple of years ago: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #22

The Austrailians have a shooting team? spin Jun 2012 #25

this will just feed into the myth. stupid. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2012 #6

What I find funny is sarisataka Jun 2012 #7

Oooh! Ooooh! Ooooooh! Pick me! Pick me! derby378 Jun 2012 #14

Good on Australian Olympic Committee. That photo is about as sick as these. Hoyt Jun 2012 #18

You're *almost* as well-informed as you are influential: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #20

Australia lost their way with firearm freedoms and basic civil rights in 1996. ileus Jun 2012 #19

Yep, those tough Aussies said fuck fools carrying guns on our streets. Hoyt Jun 2012 #23

If I wished to be as impolite and insulting as you were in that post ... spin Jun 2012 #26

Says the person who lives in terror... krispos42 Jun 2012 #29

I'm all for gun rights, but their team, their rules. Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #27

It's hard to tell but it looks like they had poor trigger discipline... belcffub Jun 2012 #28

Because banning isn't enough Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #30