Talk:Rodney Ansell

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[edit] Murderer?

The criteria for listing someone as an Australian murderer is that they have to be convicted. The criteria for listing someone as a murderer is that they allegedly committed murder. The police allege it was murder[1]. It's probably best to leave it off until the two categories decide one way or another.--Nonpareility 21:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Firearms ban

There have been a few edits trying bring the Australian firearms ban into this. To be included in this article, there needs to be a reliable source that connects the two events, and there needs to be info in the article on who is claiming the link. Here's an example of how it could be written ("Though police gave no official explanation of Ansell's behaviour, some, including John Doe of the Australian Broadcasting Channel[1], have theorized that Ansell attacked police because he believed they were coming to confiscate his firearms, which were banned in Australia in 1996.[2]")--Nonpareility 18:49, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Correction: only some firearms were banned in Australia in 1996. Military style semiautos were already banned in the Northern Territory, but semi and pump shotguns and semi .22s were taken away. There were no door to door raids, and latecomers were a few years later asked by letter to bring the guns in . I have not seen evidence that Ansell was acting because of the bans, though he may have been.ChrisPer 10:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)