[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Exactly what we did here in Australia. The good ole NRA has been trying to meddle in NZ as well re: the latest ban, just like all the other times the idea has been floated over the past decade or so. They're getting vocal pushback from politicians this time, which is great.

Has the Australia buyback really worked? The article below seems contradictory to me.

Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted. - Vox

Between October 1996 and September 1997, Australia responded to its own gun violence problem with a solution that was both straightforward and severe: It collected roughly 650,000 privately held guns. It was one of the largest mandatory gun buyback programs in recent history.

And it worked. That does not mean that something even remotely similar would work in the US — they are, needless to say, different countries — but it is worth at least looking at their experience.
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About 650,000 legally owned guns were peacefully seized, then destroyed, as part of the buyback.

According to one academic estimate, the buyback took in and destroyed 20 percent of all privately owned guns in Australia. Analysis of import data suggests that Australians haven't purchased nearly enough guns in the past 18 years to make up for the initial decline.