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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Could one of our Australian dwellars please tell me if the info here bears out, or, if the info has been manipulated, or somesuch?
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Haven't watched the video - crappy download speeds - but found this:
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-faking-...se.html#ajTabs
Which should answer all your questions. If you can read around all the annoying adds.
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While the impact of the Australian gun laws is still debated, there have been large decreases in the number of firearm suicides and the number of firearm homicides in Australia. Homicide rates in Australia are only 1.2 per 100,000 people, with less than 15 percent of these resulting from firearms. Prior to the implementation of the gun laws, 112 people were killed in 11 mass shootings. Since the implementation of the gun laws, no comparable gun massacres have occured in Australia.
Homicide and suicide rates have declined in Australia since the 1990s. Deaths results from firearms have plunged even more dramatically. In Australia, mass shootings similar to Port Arthur, Hoddle Street and Strathfield have not occurred for over a decade.
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