Trading guns for union-bashing bill

Politicians can't help themselves – they just have to play silly buggers!! The coalition Government claims that it has a mandate for everything it wants to do – when the election clearly demonstrated widespread dissatisfaction with Government. It ended up with a one seat majority in the House of Reps and less senators than previously. - Hardly a ringing endorsement of its policies and certainly not enough to claim a mandate for its every move. The Government is reintroducing the union-bashing bill which was the excuse for a double dissolution but, to succeed, it needs the support of nine cross bench senators. David Leyonhjelm has seized the opportunity to force an amendment to gun laws to allow the importation of seven-shot Adler lever action shotguns. Hard to understand the fuss really as the five shot lever-action shotgun is already available here. If that's the price the Prime Minister pays for Senator Leyonhjelm's support for the building industry legislation, there's likely to be quite a backlash, even though it's false to assert that Australia is a safer place now than it was before John Howard's tighter gun laws. There have been more homicides per year since the legislation was passed than in previous years. Lever action and pump action shotguns are already freely available in Australia - so what's the problem? Thw problem is politicians!