Thread: Firearms ban in Western aussie

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I think the answer is a whole lot more complex and nuanced than just go hard and lock the sons of bitches up.

There is an employment component, an associates and community component, a pride component, a family component, a money component, a solo parent component, an education component, a lack of belonging, of excitement....and it isn't accidental that gaining a patch involves doing something that makes it impossible to be accepted back into "polite" society.

I don't think that any party is courting the gang vote, but I do think that doing the things that will fix it are going to be hard, and could risk the voter base of some of the parties.

If it was simple the fix would have been done already.

Well, I'm old fashioned. The primary function of Law and Order is to make sure the honest folk can go about their lawful business in safety. I'm a fan of the outlaw concept. If you are breaking the law, you are outside of it's protection.