: Letter: Cracking down on guns doesn't work

: Letter: Cracking down on guns doesn't workbre
Date: Oct 6, 2006 2:45 PM
National Post - 2006.10.06
Samara McPhedran, chairwoman, International Coalition for Women in
Shooting and Hunting, Victoria, Australia.

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Cracking down on guns doesn't work

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Those calling for bans on certain firearms no doubt mean well. However,
the path of bans they urge Canada to follow in 2006 was taken by
Australia in 1996. A decade later, the results are in: no impact on the
pre-existing downward trend in firearm homicide, no impact on homicide
rates overall. Evidence demonstrates that the symbolism of bans and
"tough gun laws" has not saved a single life. Lobbyists for
ever-increasing restrictions upon legitimate firearms ownership, or
indeed outright prohibition, must reconsider what outcomes they honestly
wish to achieve. Canada can learn from Australia's costly mistakes.




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