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)
Correction: Rodney Ansell was not acting in response to firearm bans. I have read several international posts, mainly from USA pro-firearms lobbyists, that this was the reason he fired on police. Rod Ansell was addicted to amphetamines, and had a psychotic episode which resulted in him firing on various houses, apparently unknown to him, during which time he wounded two people. On the morning of 3 August 1999, he crept up to a roadblock, and fired on the people there, wounding a civilian and killing Sergeant Glen Huitson before being killed by return fire. Ansell did not have a problem with the police, he was out of his mind on drugs. These facts are supported by the subsequent coronial inquest. He was born 1.10.1954 in Murgon, Qld, and died 3.8.1999. Mishka2 03:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- It looks like you're referring to an article by some red-wash opinion columnist. Irrelevant to the article. While from real journalists, reporting on established facts, we have statements like "ABC Reporter Kate Carter: Police have confirmed Ansell died from gunshot wounds to his abdomen. They also say Ansell had not held a firearms licence since 1995". John Nevard (talk) 13:20, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/crocodile_dundee.htm Someone fix this page
The guy woudl still be alive if it wasn't for the firearm ban He didn't want to give up his guns, he lived and used them his entire life. Someone put that in the wiki
