Ghost International launched its new Hydra competition holster in May and, three weeks later, I had mine completely stripped on my workbench. I didn't plan to strip it, I just wondered about this. Then that. Then it was all nuts-and-bolts.

The undecided majority is tired of the blame game. They want to know how we are helping to make the system better.

Some countries have relaxed gun laws and little violent crime. Other countries banned guns and are left at the mercy of cartels.

Until the police have taken some basic steps to improve the current licensing process, there is no saying that it cannot work. And until we tried to make it work, there is no sense in pushing for riskier alternatives.

It is important to focus on long-term goals, but critical to navigate the correct route there. Slow feedback loops can cause us to follow a twisty road in generally the right direction, or to go on a tangent and never reaches the destination.

We saw firearm application processing times see-sawing significantly over the past two decades.This is typical of interventions that don't address the core issues: behaviour grows better before the system starts pushing back, and it grows worse.

We are getting to the core of the Systems argument here: Small, well-focused actions can sometimes produce significant, enduring improvements if they’re in the right place.   Systems thinkers refer to this principle as leverage.

Before we move on to discussing levels and flows, let's pause to consider how we should measure... anything.

Pushing harder and harder on familiar solutions, while fundamental problems persist or worsen, is a reliable indicator of linear thinking.

The Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) report, accompanying the proposed Firearms Control Amendment Bill lists Social Cohesion as the number one priority. But it does little to explain why it concluded that "exploitation of the inadequacies of the FCA by certain groupings as well as criminals creates serious divisions in the community."

Since everybody is talking about firearm laws this week, I'll take the opportunity to talk about some laws of my own. Well, not my own, but close to my heart. The laws of Systems Thinking, as laid out by Peter Senge in his book "The Fifth Discipline."

We compare the new Mepro Hyper-Bright day-and-night sights to the competition.