Today Ozzy Man published a video of guns being destroyed in Australia in 1997 with no other commentary during the video.
Though in text he did say something
I find this archival footage from Australia is fair dinkum powerful.
That’s almost as much as I wanna say about it, in the video, which is the opposite of an Ozzy Man talkative commentary…
Yeah nah yeah. It’s a sensitive topic. Obviously it’s on my mind because we see a shooting in Georgia, USA in the news cycle down here today.
Of course, USA and and Australia are different countries, I’m not oblivious to that… I am very aware of that and the nuance involved. There’s something about the sheer pragmatism and blatant action of crushin’ guns that’s kinda impactful to look at though, yeah? Boiling shit down to pure simplicity.
Apologies in advance if this upsets any American Ozzy Man fans. I get the issue is drummed on about a lot domestically, internationally, I’m sure you’ve built some robust resilience to it? The chatter that comes from everywhere around the world that is. But yeah, nah, to sound Canadian for a moment: Sorry, sorry, sorry.
I can’t help execute my cheeky ideas in my own way and I still like to produce content a few times a year that at least has a strong theme or discussion or message to it.
But I absolutely don’t wanna piss off anyone on Subby Stacky that is here because of O-Man, and yeah, there’s always an extreme nervousness around content like this if I post it on the mainstream platforms.
Ah crap.
Cheers,
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O-man
Why?
The Port Arthur massacre took place in 1996 when the 29 year old gunman, Martin Bryant opened fire on shop owners and tourists with two semi-automatic rifles that left 35 people dead and 23 wounded. This mass killing horrified the Australian government and transformed gun control legislation in Australia.
Prime Minister John Howard pressured the states to adopt the gun law proposals made in a report of the 1988 National Committee on Violence as the National Firearms Agreement, resulting in the non-binding National Firearms Agreement (NFA) between the Commonwealth and the States & Territories as the Constitution of Australia does not give the Commonwealth direct power to enact gun laws. In the face of some state resistance, Howard threatened to hold a nationwide referendum to alter the Constitution of Australia to give the Commonwealth constitutional power over guns. The National Firearms Agreement included a ban on all semi-automatic rifles and all semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns, and a system of licensing and ownership controls. — Wikipedia
The rest of the world is as tired of our national problem as we in this space are.
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Background:
Ethan Marrell is best known as Ozzy Man Reviews, a YouTube channel that started in April 2014 with comedic recaps and reviews of Game of Thrones. The topics covered on the channel broadened in 2015 to include wildlife, sport, and viral videos. — IMBD
If you’ve never been exposed to Ozzy Man here is a sample of his work, which is generally NSFW
