Media Release

AUSTRALIAN Party Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter says Australia’s "thought police have gone too far" in pillorying our Olympic swimmers for being pictured with legal firearms.

"What have we become, when two Australian Olympic Swimmers can been vilified for being photographed with legal firearms in the US?

"Are we serious? The real crime here is the ‘thought police’ stripping us of the right for boys to be boys.

"Will they finally be happy when men can only be photographed at a day spa carrying their designer chihuahua in a designer Louis Vuitton doggy handbag?

"It’s about time men stop being made to feel like they should apologise for being men.

"Legitimate shooting organisations, law enforcement officers and defenders of our nation should quite rightly feel deeply offended when our sporting heroes cannot even be photographed holding a gun.

"We need to stand up and fight against this overwhelming tide of political correctness. By trying not to offend anyone, we ensure that we offend nearly everyone."