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To: bentway who wrote (786497)	5/27/2014 3:52:40 PM
From: Bilow	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider TimF Respond to of 1577025

Hi bentway; Re: "After our own mass murder, Australia didn't ban guns, but we passed stronger regulations. Gun deaths dropped dramatically ...The 1996 reforms made gun laws stronger and uniform across Australia. Semi-automatic rifles were prohibited (with narrow exceptions), and the world's biggest buyback saw nearly 700,000 guns removed from circulation and destroyed." (1) During these years, gun deaths dropped dramatically in the US but we didn't do this. (2) It's been only 18 years since Australia passed that law. That's not enough to judge the success of the law because 18 years is not long enough for a society to change significantly. For example, it took about 50 years for welfare to destroy marriage among the poor in the US. Give it another 32 years and see what kind of murder rate Australia is dealing with. -- Carl