You are right , whatever I looked at a few weeks ago was not the right info . <| sep |> Accepting the danger of this getting political . It isn ' t so much about people being against the second amendment , it ' s just prioritising the lives and safety of the general population over those who want to own guns . In Australia , we still have guns and people are allowed to use them for hunting and shooting etc , but they have to have a permit , the weapon has to be registered , they can ' t have any sort of criminal record , and only certain guns are allowed nothing automatic or semiautomatic . Since our laws came into effect estimates say 500 deaths have been prevented . Another casing point is the Sydney siege in 2014 . The guy had a shitty old shotgun that cost a fortune and killed one person , imagine what would have happened if he had an automatic rifle .