Sharp324 wrote:Snoopy wrote:We don't need them, that's why.
I spoke to an American when I was in L.A, and he said that Australia must be devastated without guns. I had a totally blank face on, proving how little Americans know about some things. The right to bare arms isn't everything here. You're only allowed to fight back in self-defense in 'equal force'.
Yea, you can have them but you need a license, most are smuggled in, but it is illegal.
Idk about NZ but i know Aus crime did go up after they banned them, law biding civilians turned their weapons in but the criminals didnt. So you judge a whole group of Americans cause someone said that. Ive been over the laws in Aus, theres so many reports done by government groups on how crim went up. Farking ignorant to judge a whole on a few.
-.- Guns aren't necessary in Australia - Crime rates went up because there were no guns? =x
When crime rates go up, so do the restrictions on guns.
Many Australians (765,000 or 5.2% of Australian adults as of August 2007[1]) legally own and use firearms for hunting, the control of feral animals, and target shooting. Low levels of violent crime through much of the 20th century kept levels of Government concern about firearms low. However, in the last two decades, following a number of mass killings and rising public concern, the Australian State Governments have, with Federal Government co-ordination, enacted more restrictive firearms legislation.
Crime in the United States is characterized by relatively high levels of gun violence and homicide, compared to other developed countries.
Between 1991 and 2001, the number of firearm related deaths in Australia declined 47%.
The US Firearm related violence is far higher than that of Australia. Australia has a smaller population, but all sources use statistics per 100,000 people.
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