Previous attempts to pass a gun-control law have failed, so the government has put a clause in its bill promising that the restrictions on gun sales would only come into effect if approved by a national referendum.
It was difficult enough for the previous Congress to pass the ACA. Although the act imposes other taxes, an overt tax of the size needed to do the same job as the mandate would have been politically unpalatable.
Yet he found a willing ally in Griffths who hung around long enough to not only help Ervine reach his double century with a four down to backward point - the 37th of his innings - but also pass his previous best of 208, made for the Southern Rocks against Mid West Rhinos in his homeland.