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Gun Control & RKBA

hack89

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13. Australian gun numbers are back up to pre-ban levels

Reply to randys1 (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 12:33 PM

Sep 2015

A US gun control panel is set to deliver its recommendations on Tuesday, with contributions from an Australian gun control expert. Professor Philip Alpers says despite Australia’s success story on gun ownership, levels have returned to those before the Port Arthur massacre.

At that time, more than a million guns were sent to the smelter.

“Over the last 10 years, the importation of fire arms has built up again, and now I know from customs figures that we have already replaced a million guns in Australia."

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/01/14/australias-gun-ownership-levels-return

So has Australia's murder rate increased? It must have if gun numbers increased.

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Is Gun Violence Due To Dangerous People Or Dangerous Guns? [View all] sarisataka Aug 2015 OP

A guy just called into a radio show and said he has never seen any of his AR 47's or whatever that randys1 Aug 2015 #1

I generally view it as sarisataka Aug 2015 #7

No, the problem is guns, and that couldnt be more clear. All one has to do is look at Australia randys1 Aug 2015 #8

Yet New Zealand has more liberal gun laws gejohnston Aug 2015 #9

Spoken like sarisataka Aug 2015 #10

In upside down world the person who wants less death and destruction and knows how to randys1 Sep 2015 #11

In upside up world sarisataka Sep 2015 #12

Australian gun numbers are back up to pre-ban levels hack89 Sep 2015 #13

Are you going to believe some Australian gun hack? sarisataka Sep 2015 #14

The "Australia Success Story" is another "Article of Gun Control faith" DonP Sep 2015 #15

Maybe even agreeing to ekevated background checks and change the current law to have the background Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #2

Define "elevated background checks?" branford Aug 2015 #6

People Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #3

Great question Hangingon Aug 2015 #5

I think we should ensure that the information in the NICS is current and complete. Hangingon Aug 2015 #4