General Discussion

And is in fact a member of the Commonwealth, i.e., a formal part of the UK's empire. (Bet you thought that had disappeared entirely, didn't you?)

Which means it's a body of law rather than a foundation document with narrow authorship, and a heavy dose of common law open to broad interpretation by government and the legal system.

But mostly, attitudes toward guns are cultural. Many of my Aussie friends like guns; but I don't know any who love them. Almost nobody's manhood is wrapped up in owning them, and very few Aussies of my acquaintance are so scared of their own shadows that they can't go out of the house without one.

But young Aussies tend to get into fights much more often than young Americans. And when they do, they tend to use their fists. Or the nearest potentially dangerous object (beer glasses are popular, and in fact have given rise to the term "glassing," meaning to throw same in someone's face). But they almost never use guns, and don't care to.

Aussies also like Americans on the whole, but think we're nuts about guns.

They're right.