As an Australian, I thought I should point out that despite the Straw Man argument above, this is actually what happened in our country. Our death rate due to

As an Australian, I thought I should point out that despite the Straw Man argument above, this is actually what happened in our country. Our death rate due to firearms has reduced by half since our automatic/semi automatic buyback program initiated in 1996 and yet, the number of guns sold last year was the same[1] as pre-1996 levels. [1] http://www.theage.com.au/national/australians-restock-the-gun-racks-20130113-2cnmu.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/australians-restock-the-gu...