Prime Minister John Howard, in 1996 wearing a bullet-proof vest under his suit for his address to Australian gun owners after banning guns in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre; Australia's final mass shooting.
One: Wonderful audience. Changing long held opinions is tough, but they heard him out, accepted his wisdom and implemented it well while disproving the title of "gun nuts". It's this audience that made it work as well as it has.
Two: Brave man for fronting a group that was advertised, vilified, labelled and sometimes self described as "gun nuts"
I actually remember watching that on TV. The media was giving him a lot of flak for it at the time. Something about how wearing the bulletproof jacket made him a hypocrite, which as a kid I thought made sense, and now I realise was an utterly stupid talking point.
rorsehacing on February 21st, 2018 at 23:46 UTC »
Two things;
One: Wonderful audience. Changing long held opinions is tough, but they heard him out, accepted his wisdom and implemented it well while disproving the title of "gun nuts". It's this audience that made it work as well as it has.
Two: Brave man for fronting a group that was advertised, vilified, labelled and sometimes self described as "gun nuts"
InnerCityTrendy on February 22nd, 2018 at 00:35 UTC »
In the abc documentary on his prime minister-ship he said he deeply regretted wearing the vest.
jsxt on February 22nd, 2018 at 01:23 UTC »
I actually remember watching that on TV. The media was giving him a lot of flak for it at the time. Something about how wearing the bulletproof jacket made him a hypocrite, which as a kid I thought made sense, and now I realise was an utterly stupid talking point.