{"id":6847,"date":"2013-03-03T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2013-03-03T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:21:08","slug":"john-howard-interview-assault-weapons-are-a-public-safety-issue-not-a-leftright-issue-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/03\/john-howard-interview-assault-weapons-are-a-public-safety-issue-not-a-leftright-issue-video\/","title":{"rendered":"John Howard interview: Assault weapons are a public safety issue not a left\/right issue [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_CbkKYdWiS0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>John Howard, the conservative former prime minister of Australia, says that pro-gun advocates in the United States are wrong to oppose an assault weapons ban like the one he pushed for after a 1996 mass shooting because public safety is not a &#8220;liberal\/conservative issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Howard told CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria that he felt &#8220;horror and shock&#8221; after a gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania on April 28, 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Many within his own party opposed the newly-elected PM when he proposed a ban on private ownership of assault weapons in Australia. But statistics since then have proved him right. According to CNN, in the 18 years leading up to 1996 there were 13 gun massacres in Australia; since 1996 when the law was passed there has not been a single incident.<\/p>\n<p>Published on 17 Feb 2013<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Gun ownership is an emotive issue in the US. We encourage open considered debate but believe that nothing is gained by people &#8220;shouting&#8221; at each other. Any emotive posts of that ilk will end up in the trash can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Howard, the conservative former prime minister of Australia, says that pro-gun advocates in the United States are wrong to oppose an assault weapons ban like the one he pushed for after a 1996 mass shooting because public safety is not a &#8220;liberal\/conservative issue.&#8221; Howard told CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria that he felt &#8220;horror and shock&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/03\/john-howard-interview-assault-weapons-are-a-public-safety-issue-not-a-leftright-issue-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John Howard interview: Assault weapons are a public safety issue not a left\/right issue [video]&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,22,34],"tags":[235,1635],"class_list":["post-6847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-other","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-assault-weapons","tag-gun-ownership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Howard interview: Assault weapons are a public safety issue not a left\/right issue [video] - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Howard interview: Assault weapons are a public safety issue not a left\/right issue [video] - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Howard, the conservative former prime minister of Australia, says that pro-gun advocates in the United States are wrong to oppose an assault weapons ban like the one he pushed for after a 1996 mass shooting because public safety is not a &#8220;liberal\/conservative issue.&#8221; 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