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The old NRA slogan has proved itself very true in Australia. Since
their total ban on gun ownership, they have had record violent gun
crime.

Where do you get this nonsense???

First of all, gun ownership was already severely limited in Australia.
Second, the buy-back program only applied to certain types of weapons,
mainly semi-automatic and pump action weapons, and exemptions were
granted for legitimate needs. This was not a "total ban."

Since very few Australians were armed in the first place, its hard to
justify the claim that crime increased dramatically because a few
shotguns were turned in.

In fact, the statistics don't show any particular affect of the
buy-back. Its easy to find a few anomalies, but in a population where
there are less than 100 gun homicides a year, its easy to be misled by
statistics.

If you look at the latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics,
its clear that the use of guns in murder, attempted murder, and
robberies has steadily gone down in the last five years. However, since
there are relatively few guns there, the overall crime rates are not
greatly affect.

Weeble, its OK to have your opinions, but please stop making bull****
claims without doing research.
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Would I prefer to live in a world where it wasn't necessary to have
guns to protect my home and family? Of course, but I don't, neither
do you.

Actually, I do.