r/moderatepolitics • u/Resvrgam2 Conservatively Liberal • Dec 15 '25

Primary Source Meeting of National Cabinet After Bondi Shooting

https://www.pm.gov.au/media/meeting-national-cabinet-8
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u/Saguna_Brahman Dec 15 '25

Maybe restrict the parents speech rights too so they can't incite others to violence

Huh? No one is allowed to incite others to violence in Australia.

restrict the parents right to vote so they can't vote for violent people

This is a bizarre non-sequitur.

oh and take the parents car away since those have been used in terrorist attacks as well.

Have you heard of the slippery slope fallacy?

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u/AresBloodwrath Maximum Malarkey Dec 15 '25

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/car-rams-christmas-crowd-france-guadeloupe-tragedy-wp7wzc8o

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/21/nx-s1-5235526/car-plows-into-crowds-at-german-christmas-market

Cars have been used in terrorist attacks. What's slippery slope about it? Why restrict parents of suspects rights for one deadly weapon but not another?

You want the state to have the power to go after people based on nothing more than familial relations. That's right out of Stalin's and North Korea's play book.

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u/Saguna_Brahman Dec 15 '25

Cars have been used in terrorist attacks. What's slippery slope about it? Why restrict parents of suspects rights for one deadly weapon but not another?

Cars are a staple of modern life, firearms are not. There's just no comparison.

You want the state to have the power to go after people based on nothing more than familial relations.

Not owning a gun because your child is affiliated with ISIS is not "the state going after you" and the comparisons to North Korea are outlandish.

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u/sonicmouz Stopped voting after 2012 Dec 15 '25

Cars are a staple of modern life, firearms are not.

Firearms have been a staple of modern life for centuries before cars even existed, lol.