A little while back, I posted up a video I saw on YouTube called “I Like Guns”.  I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was written by an Aussie named Steve Lee.  All I knew was that it was kind of funny, and it made a pretty good point at the same time. 

For those who don’t know, Australia has enacted some pretty insanely strict gun laws.  They’re not quite on par with Great Britain, but well on the way.  For the video, Lee apparently had to go to Cambodia just to shoot several of the weapons you’ll see him shooting.  But what fun!

Well, apparently the video has made quite the splash on YouTube, and the song has been downloaded pretty heavily on the CD Baby website as well.  This is described in an article from the Sydney Morning Herald:

Mr Lee, who usually performs with his wife and four children, was inspired to write the song many years ago because of negative media coverage of guns.

“When you watch movies firearms are portrayed as a bad thing … I wanted to show that they can be used for fun and sport and not violence.”

I like that attitude.  Even more, I like that this is really turned into a burr under the saddle of the Aussie gun-control advocates.

The President of Gun Control Australia, John Crook, said the song was irresponsible for portraying guns as fun and non-violent. “Guns are designed to kill. The gun control laws we have in Australia have only been obtained after thousands of people have been killed.”

With that in mind, how could I help but share this video one more time…

Damn, I like guns!