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Australian Study Finds Gun Restriction Laws Can and Do Work

posted by n1 on Friday June 24 2016, @08:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the them-be-fightin'-words dept.

MostCynical writes:

Since major gun law reforms were introduced in Australia, mass shootings have not only stopped, but there has also been an accelerating reduction in rates of firearm-related homicide and suicides, a landmark study has found.

It has been two decades since rapid-fire long guns were banned in Australia, including those already in private ownership, and 19 years since the mandatory buyback of prohibited firearms by government at market price was introduced. A handgun buyback program was later introduced, in 2003.

Researchers from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University analysed data on intentional suicide and homicide deaths caused by firearms from the National Injury Surveillance Unit, and intentional firearm death rates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. For the period after the 1996 reforms, rates of total homicides and suicides from all causes were also examined to consider whether people may have substituted guns for alternative means.

Source: The Guardian

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Tork on Thursday June 30 2016, @01:49AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 30 2016, @01:49AM (#367820)

    However, banning guns takes more guns out of good-guys hands than it takes out of bad-guys hands

    I do want to say that even though I wish we could greatly reduce gun availability, I agree with you on this statement and will be up front and say I do not have a simple solution to this problem. That's why I am driven crazy by crossed-arms and absolutist reasoning on both sides. The gridlock caused by it will result in an extreme.

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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Friday July 01 2016, @04:50AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Friday July 01 2016, @04:50AM (#368281)

    http://www.wistv.com/story/32308903/deputies-man-opened-fire-wounded-several-at-nightclub [wistv.com]

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