Oh, don’t get me wrong, the federal government still has plenty of authority–way too much, if you ask me–but there’s also a lot of power resting in the states.
Well, in Australia, they’re blaming their own decentralization for their recent mass shooting. A former police officer who investigated Melbourne’s Hoddle Street massacre has joined the push for a genuine national firearms register amid concerns about an existing database that experts says is hindered by inconsistencies between jurisdictions.