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Old 24th Jan 2013, 04:50
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Mk 1
 
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So we'll all be safe if we keep weapons out of the hands of the nutters eh?

You guys really believe that? This incident Hoddle Street massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was concocted by a bloke that had been examined twice by psyche's, once when he joined the army, and once again before he was accepted as a Staff Cadet (officer trainee) at RMC Duntroon in Jan 1987. I know, he was a former classmate of mine.

Unless you are suggesting that all members of the population get regularly examined by a psyche (annually? monthly?) you cannot say that otherwise rational people cannot flip out and do something lethal. The term "Going Postal" did not come from an escaped inmate of a mental asylum. The more lethal the device, the more serious the outcome.

So unless you are happy for the entire community to be regularly tested by a shrink, this 'plan' will not work. besides, this bloke: http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rc...vpv6lTK3CjuX8w

on the basis of this performance would probably be certified as paranoid or insane.
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