*whistles*
no guns-and no need for them either
*whistles*
low crime
*whistles*
an effective legal system
*innocently whistles and walks away*
Actually, Australia has also seen its violent crime rates soar after its Port Arthur gun control measures in late 1996. Violent crime rates averaged 32 per cent higher in the six years after the law was passed (from 1997 to 2002) than they did the year before the law in 1996. The same comparisons for armed robbery rates showed increases of 45 percent. Just informing people here of the fact that gun control does not necessarily reduce crime.
We still have eceptionally low crime-especially compared to the US.
crime in my state, Victoria, has dropped by a third snce 1999, when our current state government came into power, and whilst violnt crime has risen, it is still extremely low. Most of the increase has been due to the 'gangland ar' that has killed 28 mobsters and no civilians. Most of us support this war
I also never said that the gun ban was responsible for the low crime, although I feel alot safer knowing that there isn't going to be another Port Arthur.
