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Oct. 23rd, 2006 05:45 pmreport published in Australia re gun control laws having no discernible impact on gun crime reduction.
could it be because criminals don't purchase guns through lawful channels? nahhh. that would be all crazy and stuff.
Politicians had assumed tighter gun laws would cut off the supply of guns to would-be criminals and that homicide rates would fall as a result, the study said. But more than 90 per cent of firearms used to commit homicide were not registered, their users were not licensed and they had been unaffected by the firearms agreement.
could it be because criminals don't purchase guns through lawful channels? nahhh. that would be all crazy and stuff.