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I‘m stunned that ACT was the only one with a majority YES vote.

Once the 3500s were pulled, all the firefighters had to pick up their Saber VHF radios again, estimated by the department and Motorola to be between 15 and 18 years old. In a war on 9/11 between terrorists armed with box cutters and fire chiefs who had to rely on runners for messages, bin Laden ended up with the low-tech edge.

(Continued)... decided at the outset that all the department could do was a search and rescue operation.

(Continued)... instincts. So some firefighters diverted people who were slowing down the evacuation of others to waiting areas. As many as 40 to 60 people were sequestered between the 12th and 20th floors of the North Tower. Some stayed there until they died.

😔🙄🤬😱😔😭😔🤔 An emotional rollercoaster! Disheartening, disturbing and thought provoking book about the plethora of guns in the US. Larson does a good job of explaining how it got so bad & tries to provide a solution to let people own guns while still protecting the public. Written more than 20 years ago, it is somewhat outdated and now seems a bit naive. Ultimately he lays the blame with the NRA & the entertainment industry. I tend to agree.

This book has all the answers to most people‘s questions about the Voice and upcoming referendum…..I think. It‘s less than 100 pages long and easy to whizz through.

Our coffee table is a reflection of us…a love of BOOKS 📚…a love of our farm with books on vegetable gardening, soil, bees, permaculture and bush foods. A love of walking..lots of wonderful walks in our local area..an eagerness to learn more about the indigenous voice to parliament and a new novel by Kate Atkinson.
Happy reading!!
I‘m hoping for a yes vote🇦🇺

Overall this was a pick for me although much of the book was quite depressing, but gave me a better feel for the gun culture in the US. It was written 30 years ago but so much still seems relevant today, and most probably things have only got a lot worse over the past 30 years.

This is available to freely download if you are a member of Audible.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

Published in 1995 this book is largely out of date but reading it and knowing the horrors that were still to come was maddening. At one point Larson lists places that people were still able to feel safe from guns and most of those places, like churches and grocery stores, have been the locations of mass shootings in recent years. Difficult to read this and know that decades later things feel less safe. #authoramonth