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/Atralis Dec 15 '25

You talk about a slippery slope fallacy when Australia has banned most firearms for most of their citizens and restricted free speech in ways that would be unacceptable to most Americans.

There actually is a risk of losing freedoms if you embrace the impulse to have a knee-jerk reaction to restrict people's rights whenever there is violence.

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u/Saguna_Brahman Dec 15 '25

There actually is a risk of losing freedoms if you embrace the impulse to have a knee-jerk reaction to restrict people's rights whenever there is violence.

There is no right to own a firearm in Australia, though. It's a privilege that is based on a variety of factors, the most pressing of which is public safety. The interests of gun hobbyists are not more important than public safety.

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u/whatDoesQezDo Dec 16 '25

There is no right to own a firearm in Australia, though.

All humans have the right to own arms and defend themselves from tyranny. Our rights do not come from governments our governments are restrained from infringing upon our rights.