4 ms·
Here in Australia firearms have been highly restricted since 1996 and that move has certainly seen a reduction in the homicide rate: https://knoema.com/atlas/A
by jussij 6y ago
Here in Australia firearms have been highly restricted since 1996 and that move has certainly seen a reduction in the homicide rate:
https://knoema.com/atlas/Australia/Number-of-homicides https://knoema.com/atlas/Australia/Number-of-homicides
- marcusverus 6y agoThe US has had an even more dramatic decline in homicide since '96, even as gun ownership has soared. https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-australias-gun-laws-reduced-gun-homicides/ https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-australias-gun-laws-r...
- eindiran 6y agoThere has been a reduction in homicide in virtually all places in the world during the same time, including many places where gun ownership increased during the time frame. So I'm not sure that we can conclude that Australia's restrictions to gun ownership are the only/principle reasons that homicides went down.