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by chasfm11
Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:43 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: Australia crime soars after gun ban
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Re: Australia crime soars after gun ban

Although the letter seems to have a mix of truth and not, this article has some of the same information

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 55466.html

Wall Street Journal U.S. Edition
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 As of 6:28 PM ESt
By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM
According to their study, the use of handguns rather than long guns (rifles and shotguns) went up sharply, but only one out of 117 gun homicides in the two years following the 1996 National Firearms Agreement used a registered gun. Suicides with firearms went down but suicides by other means went up.

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