Quote:
Originally Posted by Groundhog
I think the "murders and suicides plummeted" part is the give away.  |
I was questioning that only 20% turned in their guns. In my mind, that didn't really equate to "success".
FWIW a Snopes article.
Australian Guns Stats
Quote:
|
Regardless of how much of a cause-and-effect relationship there might be between the NFA and gun deaths in Australia, it’s undeniable that the firearms homicide rate in that country has decreased substantially since the implementation of the NFA. It’s not the case, however, as suggested by the misleading and long out-of-date online piece quoted in the Example block above (which was written way back in 2001) that the overall crime rate in Australia has shot up since the NFA was introduced. The rates of various types of violent crimes (sexual assault, kidnapping, homicides of all types) have scarcely changed at all, and while the robbery rate rose substantially in the 1998-2001 timeframe, it dropped below its pre-NFA level by 2004 and has continually declined since then
|