AUSTRALIA'S gun control laws have been invoked by America's Right as the kind of outrageous infringement of liberty citizens could expect if another Democrat president were to be elected. 
The National Rifle Association, notorious for being both politically powerful and absolutely opposed to even the most basic checks and balances on weapons, says Australia's laws mean "bans and confiscations".
The lobby group then goes on to link Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with what it says will be a concerted effort to seize the property of gun owners.
Mr Obama has had only limited success in any attempt at gun control. Anti-weapons groups regularly rate his record on the issue as relatively poor. That hasn't stopped the NRA's scare campaign.WORLD P61