Shotgun concerns
I AM increasingly concerned about how frequently people within my area of Landsborough are firing shotguns at “something” in the evening hours – and yes, know it’s different from a car backfire.
I live on Old Gympie Road, 1km from Landsborough’s town centre, where there are many houses, children, horses, trees and heavy scrub, and yet we regularly hear gunshots from properties in the area.
What direction these guns are being fired and WHAT is assumed to be in the line of fire is of increasing concern. Perhaps it’s time for the Police and Council to initiate a “public gun laws, safety and awareness campaign” to clarify that the use of guns at random within Landsborough is prohibited.
I believe there is some confusion by many residents who think that because a suburban area includes trees and scrub, the area equates to a rural/remote property where gun use may be permitted. Perhaps the number of pets (dogs and especially cats) allowed to roam “after dark” within the town limits provokes random gun use? Ignorance about gun laws and pet laws seems to be connected.
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Wider issues
THE anti-vax sentiment appears to be still among us (You Said It, 4 Nov ). The writer recommended visiting the website of a US Senate Enquiry that clearly was set up to support the anti-vax policies of the current administration.
It contains testimonies from people who blame vaccination for their very real distress. Two have severely disabled autistic children, another lost a daughter 18 days after her third Guardasil injection. Another witness developed fatigue and loss of lung capacity 3 weeks after her second mRNA injection. In no case is there the slightest evidence for a causal connection.
To balance this, a witness described her sorrow at losing her 5 year-old son to the 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic, two weeks before a vaccine became available.
There are wider issues at play.: There is a natural (if often wrong) instinct to want to blame someone or somethicg when a tradgedy befalls us. Vaccines and science make convenient villains.
Social media seem to encourage grievance, and Republicans seem to find electoral advantage in stirring anger and grievance..
Autism has a strong (if complex) genetic component and parents may be suffering from guilt as well as grief.
So the website is strong on grief but lacking in logic. I trust our Australian medical authorities will continue to take a logical, evidence-based approach to public health.
David Lowry
Witta
Lions thank you
THE Maleny Lions Club wishes to sincerely thank the Maleny community for their wonderful support of our 2025 Maleny Lions Club Meet and Greet event. Your generosity and community spirit made this event a great success.
All funds raised from the Maleny Lions Meet and Greet are distributed back into our local community.
Thank you, Maleny, for your ongoing support!