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JT45242

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5. One mass shooting and they put in serious gun laws

Reply to C Moon (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 01:29 AM

Oct 20

Almost like the old adage...

A wise man learns from others' mistakes
An intelligent one learns from his own
A stupid man never learns to change behaviors

Australia is intelligent as a country. The US is so incredibly stupid that we undo progress that we learned (like the original assault weapons ban).

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3 injured in shooting outside Oklahoma State University residential hall: Police [View all] groundloop Oct 19 OP

Other nations around the world have intoxicated young men (just guessing male), parties, late @ night .. Botany Oct 19 #1

Australia is into guns. How's their gun violence? C Moon Oct 19 #2

Okay this is from Google AI... C Moon Oct 19 #3

Australia is not into guns, not like the US. The US has a pretty unique gun and AR fetish. SunSeeker Oct 19 #4

One mass shooting and they put in serious gun laws JT45242 Oct 20 #5

Well said. C Moon Oct 20 #6