James Holmes - The Batman Cinema Shooter

Now if this doesn't give the American government the kick up the arse it so badly needs... nothing will.

When are the Yanks going to realise that this outdated "right to bear arms" is no longer valid in this day and age?

I can see the powerful gun lobbyists going for all hell. Tough luck.

Obama. Do something and do it now. Even if you get rid of 40 million guns, it's still 40 million less on the streets.

I was surprised to hear on TV tonight that James Holmes did absolutely nothing wrong with amassing weapons and bomb materials etc until he actually walked into the cinema and started shooting. For gods sake.. the alarm bells should have been ringing well before that.

To American citizens.. get over your obsession with guns. Surely this mass killing has got to get the wheels rolling to make guns illegal (to the general public anyway).

How many more massacres will it take until something is done?

Get Real.

What is wrong with the current and future government of Australia?

I will be brief and to the point....

In my opinion, all the political parties in Australia - STINK.

Abbott is taking every opportunity to nitpick Julia Gillard, who is having to deal with the consequences of lying to the general public.

It's quite funny .. in an odd way ... governments always seem to implement things we don't want, and the things we do want, they don't do.

For Starters: We didn't want the carbon Tax (and was told we wouldn't have one) .. and yet, we now have a Carbon Tax.

The bulk of Australians want same sex marriage rights.. and yet the government won't bring it in.

The bulk of Australians want Euthanasia to be legislated... and yet the government won't even talk about it, let alone legislate it.

The church still has too much clout in the government. This is wrong. I don't pay my taxes to have politicians make decisions based on their own personal religious beliefs (ha hum... Abbott - Abortion). Politicians  have to put their religious beliefs behind them and look at making decisions for what is best for Australia. If that decision works in well with their belief.. great.. if it doesn't .. tough luck.

You have to ask, at the end of the day .. who is the government working for?

We could maybe afford to put more money into education and in particular, disadvantaged kids, if politicians stopped paying themselves exorbitant amounts and living lavishly at the expense of the tax payer.

The Greens are just plain wacky and off the planet, that they can't be taken seriously.

It was in the papers a few months ago that the general public have lost respect for politicians. Do you really wonder why given the shambles that is called government?

Get Real.