Two boys about 12-14 year old threw 3 eggs at a house last Christmas. The woman of the house is an American who has been in Australia for about two years. She told a friend of mine if she had a gun she would have used it to defend herself. He said, "You have to be kidding! They are a couple of misdirected kids. Just a couple of kids having a bit of fun!" My friend told me she defended her position by saying they had attacked her private property. That her family was an American military family, so she knew how to defend herself.
He couldn't believe it. He told me he told her she was an idiot.
That little story, of course, is not meant to cast any aspersions on any military families in the USA, or anywhere. It is simply a story about one American whacko who has settled in Australia with an Australian military man.
"But that's par for the course here." rooster, your deluded "here" fits you, and all those of you who support the modern day American NRA. It applies to a ever-shrinking number of Americans. Don't forget some 90% of you guys are in favor of broader background checks when purchasing a gun ..
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