Thread: Firearms ban in Western aussie

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I'm not on the side of the gangs. Not one bit.

What I'm saying is that the current system isn't making things better, and keeping on doing something that you know doesn't work is just stupid.

You're right - that's the issue in a nutshell with the current firearms proposals. The consequences of the changes and the damage they cause will in no way be anchored to the individuals that did the damage. No individual responsibility, and in a sea of public sector workers the only way you get yourself noticed for career advancement purposes is by being more extreme than the next guy or girl even if what you propose gets watered down before it's implemented. Once implemented fire-forget-move on to the next career advancement project.

In no part of that 'being more extreme' does the reality that what you are proposing needs to actually be effective, economical and maintainable come into it - same issue as roading the guy that builds it does it as cheap as possible then goes back for the maintenance contract. What should happen is the outfit should design, build maintain for 20 years upfront agreement front loaded with the profit component paid out after contract completion. Then we will see roads built correctly, maintenance on a crap build is expensive...