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- May 4, 2020
"Gun control has been a contentious issue in Australia, with gun-control advocates pushing for stricter laws and gun owners opposing them; statistics show that gun control has done nothing to decrease crime in that country."Australia took everyone's guns away but then we just had a barbecue and played beach cricket.
"there is little evidence to suggest that it had any significant effects on firearm homicides and suicides. In addition, there does not appear to be any substitution effects, specifically that reduced access to firearms may have let those bent on committing homicide or suicide to use alternative methods. Although gun buybacks appear to be a logical and sensible policy that helps to placate the public's fears, the evidence so far suggests that in the Australian context, the high expenditure incurred to fund the 1996 gun buyback has not translated into any tangible reductions in terms of firearms deaths."