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How safe is Sydney with all these gun shootings?
I am going to Sydney for a holiday soon and have been watching the news and it seems every night there is some shooting... Should I cancel my trip or just stay hidden away in my hotel room as it seems like Sydney is a really violent city?
13 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
during the day, you'll be completely fine wherever.
at night, in the city, busy areas, you'll also be fine
just don't be walking around on your own during the night in the outer sydney suburbs
do not cancel the trip
Source(s): i live in sydney - 9 years ago
The fact that you have been hearing about them on the news should answer the question. To me, the fact that the shootings are on the news says that shootings are VERY rare in Sydney.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Your best bet is to find out the names and addressse of all the Biker bosses and go hang out right outside their house.
You see --all the places getting shot up are the WRONG ONES !
These morons are proving just how absolutely thick they really are by shooting up the wrong houses. So, you would be as safe as safe can be right outside the house of the President of the local Bikies. The oppsition are so dumb, they are 3 streets away shooting at someone totally unknown to any Bikies. Also, any house you are in, as long as you stay out of the Attic, you are fine. These loons are so bloody useless with a gun, the best that they can manage is to put a couple of bullets in the roof.
Bikies and guns--sheer comedy.
I have never had any respect for these wankers but hey folks, this is so funny and so pathetic all at the same time. These in your face dont mess with us we are tough guys are a bunch of now proven--idiots. Cant find a house--a whole house and they cant find it !!
When they do find a house--any house -- they cant hit it even with a gun while shooting right at it. Fat gutted, long haired , bearded jerks is what they are advertising these days.A pack of regular dumb no hopers is what I get out of all these shootings.Silly little boys who cant get a thing right acting like they are something. It's Bloody laughable.
Notorious yep, sounds right, notorious for being unable to find the right house !
Notorious for being unable to find anyone who can shoot it up
Notorious for being a pack of idiots.
Im lovin this--it was easy enough before all these shootings to dump on these twits but NOW? hells bells how can any one group continue to be so bloody laughable?
Give it up fools youre only making bigger fools of yourselves every time you go anywhere near a firearm.
- condaLv 69 years ago
It's only in the South West and Western suburbs and you have no reason to ever travel there because it's a hole.
If you come for a holiday I can promise you that you will not see those suburbs. Sydney is very safe and besides, those shootings are not random they are done by criminals who know those people and have a reason for payback.
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- MikeLv 59 years ago
If what Benjamin answered is correct, then he is obviously a member of a bikie gang (as is his dad).
Seriously, Sydney is a very safe city to walk or drive around in like any other Australian city. As explained by others, the shooting spree is entirely related to an ongoing bikie war which is escalating. If you're not a bikie and you don't live next door to one, and you don't visit tattoo parlours, you will be safe!
- Anonymous9 years ago
Sydney is a city of over 4 million people & has the same issues as any other city of that size ....
No , you would be totally silly to cancel your trip for that reason & equally silly to come here & stay in a hotel room ....do you think for one moment that everyone locks themselves away here ? lol
Source(s): J... - C.M. CLv 79 years ago
Aubrey, we are getting the same type of news over here. You will be safe, don't worry your pretty little head about it. Just don't wear leathers and ride a Harley......lol
- tentofieldLv 79 years ago
There is a drug turf war going on between some members of two bikie gangs. They are doing the shooting and shooting each other. You will be fine on your holiday, Sydney is not a violent city and the vast majority of people do not have guns unlike the USA where it seems everyone has one. Shootings in Australia are rare which is why every one makes the news. There are 40,000 gun deaths a year in the USA and hardly any of them make the news.
- Anonymous9 years ago
The drive by shootings are in a few of the outer suburbs of Sydney and are drug related the people that need worry about their safety are those personally involved.. so enjoy your holiday and dont worry be happy
Source(s): Sydneysider - Anonymous9 years ago
It's not safe at all, in fact cancel all travel to Sydney, just yesterday my dad got robbed by an armed man and a young guy down the street was shot a few days ago, if you don't want to get injured or killed stay clear of anywhere near Sydney.