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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
yep, you're correct as I later noticed the date and thought the OZ gun buyback program was earlier,. BUT after researching a little more I discovered that after the ban, your violent crime and home invasion robberies increased significantly. Matter of fact, the term "home invasion robbery" was not even coined until after the firearm buyback. Because it simply did not exist before the gun ban.
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I recall a pretty dodgy and selective stat mining thing promoted by the pro gun lobby afterwards saying the same thing. Take it with a grain of salt if it's the same thing because it was bullshit. That said it's been many more years since and I haven't checked the raw stats so I won't argue from a position of ignorance. You could be totally right. Got an xmas party to go to right now, not going to spend the next hour or two poring over stats right now although it would be nice to know for sure. Just bear in mind that not many homes really had guns before the ban.. at all.. it's not like the US, no criminals went "cool we can do home invasions now everyone is disarmed" everyone was mostly disarmed anyways.. you'd be committing an error of cultural judgement there. Home invasions aren't something that anyone worries about at all in the slightest. Thefts and assaults yes. The only people worried about armed invasions are drug dealers and maybe some especially rich people.
We currently have an alcohol (or drug) induced violence problem. The last random act of violence we got up in arms about here was a guy that went on a "rampage" late one night in a party district and punched four different people, one of whom fell over hit their head and died. No offence but I'd much rather live in a society where we worry about spree punchers.