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Originally Posted by Sarah_W
Jim, why do you think Australia has accomplished what you say? Have you done the research and what do you know of mass murders in Australia.
As we know the turning point was the Port Arthur massacre which was the catalyst for Australia's weapons ban and forced confiscation. That was 25 years ago. Since that time, there have been 37 mass murder events resulting in 160 deaths. The weapons used were axes, knives, shotguns, vehicles and blunt objects. Perhaps the families of the 160 victims can take solace that they didn't die by a rifle.
But, what about the 25 years before Port Arthur? Prior to the weapons ban there were 128 people killed in 21 mass murder events. Of the 21 events, two involved a semi automatic rifle. The rest were shotguns, knives, vehicles, etc.
The facts show that Australia has had more mass murder events and more people killed after their weapons ban than they had before the weapons ban.
What exactly did they accomplish?
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What they and all other 1st world countries did (except for the US) was to force the mass murderers to use S-L-O-W-E-R and less efficient means of killing people - like baseball bats, etc. That gives Police or people close by opportunities to intervene in the DOMESTIC TERROR-PRODUCING event - the mass murder.
Whatever the statistics for murders or mass murders are AFTER the Port Arthur - they are LESS than they would be had Australia NOT attacked the PROBLEM and realized that the SOLUTION was to eliminate the fast-shooting semi-auto rifles. They did NOT decide to HARDEN all their schools because that IS the WRONG solution. And that adds further PRROF to what I have been saying. And their MAIN success is that their children do NOT have the TERROR that US children have when they start school soon. Australia and ALL the other 1st world counties, other than the US prove that organizations like the NRA can be BEATEN because people can see that such GREED is unpatriotic and gets their citizens (children and adults) KILLED! Wake up America or the TERRORISM will continue and get worse!