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Ludicrous for ordinary people to have guns: PM November 6 2002 It was ludicrous that ordinary people in Australia should have access to handguns, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Mr Howard said he supported the concept of police, security industry workers and sporting shooters having such weapons. "But other than that you don't need a handgun, and I think most people would agree with that," he told Adelaide radio station 5DN today. "It's just ludicrous that people should have access, and a lot of them do. The rules are too lax." Mr Howard said he did not want to see Australia go down the American path where guns were "worshipped". "That has brought untold misery and harm and also delivered to America a very high murder rate for a stable, open western society," he said. Mr Howard also pointed to independent research which indicated that the number of gun-related murders in Australia had fallen in the six years since the prohibition on long arms in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre. "They are measured claims I make," he said. "I'm not pretending that we can abolish evil and unhappiness by getting rid of guns. "But I do think we can make a contribution towards a safer Australia and I do think we have a capacity to avoid going down the American path." Last month's double fatality shooting at Monash University in Melbourne has prompted the federal government to move to restrict access to high-powered pistols, proposing a buyback scheme and amnesty for owners of illegal weapons. AAP Printer friendly version Email to a friend Search the Fairfax archives for related stories (*Fee for full article) Enter keywords Go ow to) membership | conditions | privacy Copyright © 2002. The Sydney Morning Her
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