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Its clear from the article that the objective of the buyback program was to lower the volume of certain kinds of guns, not all guns. > One of the most signific

Its clear from the article that the objective of the buyback program was to lower the volume of certain kinds of guns, not all guns. > One of the most significant provisions of the NFA was a flat-out ban on certain kinds of guns, such as automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. But there were already a number of such guns in circulation in Australia, and the NFA required getting them off the streets.

ChrisLomont 4y ago
>the objective of the buyback program was to lower the volume of certain kinds of guns Oh, so it only affected those types of guns that can kill people? Note during the same timeframe, Australia saw the same decline in non-gun homicides as it did in gun homicides. Maybe there were bigger factors (lead removal from common goods for one) at play? Note that New Zealand saw the same declines, despite no such gun laws, and the US saw the same declines, despite massive increases in guns owned, all during the same period. Most of the world saw this, and it's much more attributable to removing so much lead from society, resulting in less at risk people, than it was to laws.