Australia's Gun Violence Problem - 17 years after the gun ban!

[meener777]

New plan unveiled to tackle out-of-control gun violence | Ballina Shire Advocate

"In the past 12 months, more than 9000 guns have been taken off NSW streets and 3352 people have been charged as part of ongoing investigations by Strike Force Raptor and Operations Apollo and Spartan."

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[simon99]

Unfortunately, and this isn't in the article, I get the feeling that these "task forces" are probably targeting more law abiding gun owners than hardcore criminals....

 

[RicInOR]

First they came for their guns.
Now they are coming for their other rights. Like the right to knit.
"Australia outlaws knitting bikers"
Why I started a Knit Your Revolt Tricycle Gang in Queensland | The Stitch | Comment is free | theguardian.com

 

[deen_ad]

Can't possibly happen, they pretty much outlawed gun ownership and everyone followed the law, right?


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[meener777]

Here is a graph of the % change in raw homicides since 1990 for both Australia and the US. Both countries show marked drops in this number, but the really interesting thing is that the US numbers drop FAR more as a percentage of the 1990 levels, WITHOUT a gun ban. In fact, most countries around the world have seen massive drops in homicides since 1990. So whenever anyone tries to claim Australia's miracle of gun control, show them this.

* AUS Data from Australian Institute of Criminology - <broken link removed>
* US Data from disastercenter.com, but it was originally pulled from FBI UCR data