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Originally Posted by xxxdesign-net
Haha... yeah.. and suicides accounts 77 per cent of their 5,083 number... Ofcourse those who want to kill themselves will find another way now that they don't have guns... How dishonest it is to use that stats as a proof that the ban as worked..
What happened in Australia isnt that gun crimes has increased but crime did..
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=15304 |
Wow a WorldNet Daily article from 2000
with absolutely no footnotes or references.
There is one place to source crime statistics in Australia and that's the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Here are some reasonably
up to date stats.
Lowest number of homicide incidents since the start of the National Homicide Monitoring Program:
http://www.aic.gov.au/media/2007/20070205.html
Reduction in the number of armed robberies:
http://www.aic.gov.au/media/2006/20060712.html
Rate of crime victimisation declines in Australia:
http://www.aic.gov.au/media/2005/20050427.html
You gun freaks love to twist the facts.