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Former Senator Derryn Hinch abhors gun violence. He says guns kill people, not people.

He doesn’t like sophomoric, unfunny journalism. There are many things in this world that Derryn ‘Justice’ Hinch doesn’t like.

The Human Headline, who came to the Senate not by writing a cheque to local dark arts agency, AAA Aardvark Preference Whisper & Son, like many other personalities have done before him – but by being popularly voted by the Australian people, does like some things.

One of them being justice.

Speaking to The Advocate today (his fifth-favourite newspaper in the Diamantina Shire), the man who was voted out sixth on season two of Dancing With The Stars said he made an exception to his ‘no guns’ rule this morning because justice needed to prevail.

“I abhor gun violence. It’s disgusting and guns should be taken away from everybody. But I also hate paedophiles and I think they should be on a list with their faces, names and addresses that everybody can see. Privacy does not trump safety when it comes to those people,” he said.

Derryn paused and took a long breath.

“Listen to me when I tell you, Errol. I abhor gun violence. But this guy is a danger to the public. I was prepared to do what I had to do for justice and to keep the community safe. Unpacking my Sako TGR41 on the roof this morning, I was hoping to myself that I wouldn’t have to push a .338 Lapua up the spout and close the bolt. Settle my breathing, slowing my pulse. Watching my target slip into view on the Leupold, squeezing the two-stage trigger between heartbeats. Seeing a pink mist fill the air, then see it settle on the ground amid the screaming panic. That is my dream; that is my nightmare,”

“Luckily, I didn’t have to. But, I was prepared to,”

“I’m not afraid to go back to jail.”

When asked who he was preparing himself to dome this morning, Hinch explained he has trouble saying his name and would prefer not to.

Mr Hinch asl said he’d be elaborating more on today’s events tonight on Sky News during his weekly 60-minute sketch show.

More to come.

