The Age printed another letter of mine

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In the letters of The Age yesterday was an impassioned plea for the government to please think of the children finally get around to making guns illegal.

I replied, and The Age printed it:

THE Government has anticipated your concerns, Mr Tsironis (Letters, 18/6), and made the possession and transport of handguns, semi-auto rifles and knives illegal several years ago.

Perhaps they read your letter, went back in time, and informed a previous government who had never thought of that. Well done: we are now all retrospectively safe from violence on the streets. Heaven forfend that violent criminals might consider breaking the law, after all.

I wonder if this one will also find its way into Hansard? Somehow I doubt it.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What I don't understand is demerit points for cyclists. I don't understand how they would work, if introducted. The result of too many demerit points is that it only applies to driving a motorvehicle. You don't need a licence to ride a bicycle on the road.

-- mpp

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The more you break the law on your bicycle, the more points you lose, leading to the loss of the car driving license, leading you to have to ride the bike more, leading to you getting more practice in riding properly without breaking the law? Sounds good to me!