On 07 Sep 2000, Julian Assange wrote:

"The bill will now pass into law with no sunset clause, and no real safeguard that would prevent troops being used on strikers and peaceful protestors

Unrestricted, unregulated private ownership of firearms is the only effective "safeguard." This is a textbook example of why the right of the shee^H^H^H^H citizenry to keep and bear arms is crucial to the maintenance of a free society.