Dear America...

Your country is special. It stands as one of the remaining beacons of a culture that values (or at least once did) the value of the balance that an armed citizenry manifests between the state and the populace. This post is to appeal to you to hold on to the rights that your founding fathers knew you'd one day need and to use my country of origin as an example of what could happen if these rights aren't openly defended.

One Possible Future For America

To be blunt, you could end up like Australia. The tale of how our guns were taken from us is widely known. All that's required for this to happen to you is a lack of opposition and a broad yielding to (and I don't mean to be controversial here but think of the broader context) the apparent immediate need of the moment over the greater consideration of the society as a whole.

It seems now that it's weekly that I'm having to write about the ongoing litany of freedom revocations underway in Australia. In fact it was exactly 7 days ago that I wrote of the last series of infringements on the people that all occurred in the single day. Read about that here.

We have all heard about the broadly disseminated doubts surrounding the Vegas shooting. Whether or not there was a single shooter or multiple, whether or not it was orchestrated by the state (and there's certainly an argument to consider this) or not, the political landscape that such an event creates is unarguably biased towards the gun control body.

Where do such biases lead? Welcome to the latest in my series of news articles...

Queensland's Labor government has announced tightened restrictions for lever-action shotguns.

Why? Because the toughest gun laws in the world aren't tough enough or course!

Queensland's Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk conveying how dangerous (for government hegemony) an armed citizenry is) thanks to sbs.com.au

The Queensland government will tighten gun control measures, restricting access to high-capacity lever-action shotguns.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the measure, coming on the back of last week's Las Vegas massacre, will improve public safety.

"What that city and that state have suffered is the surest testament to the need for Australia's strong gun laws - laws put into effect at significant political cost by Prime Minister John Howard after the Port Arthur Massacre," Ms Palaszczuk told state parliament on Tuesday.

"My government will show our resolve to strengthen those laws by restricting access to high-capacity lever-action shotguns, such as the Adler A1-10."

Under the changes lever-action shotguns with a capacity of five or fewer rounds will be transferred from Category A to Category B, and those able to hold more than five rounds will move to Category D.

The premier says the reclassification brings Queensland into line with a COAG decision 10 months ago to strengthen the National Firearms Agreement.

The changes to weapons licensing will take effect from March.

Isn't it strange that these reclassifications were decided upon 10 months ago but only after the Vegas shooting are they publicized as coming into effect. Could it be to capitalize on the weakened resistance to pro-gun arguments that typically follows incidents such as the Vegas horror?

So please America, consider the situation carefully before allowing the crisis of the moment to change your society in a way that leaves you vulnerable to indefensible tyranny.