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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Since Australia enacted its landmark gun control legislation in 1996, gun-related homicides have declined, but almost every other sort of violent crime has increased. While the homicide rate fell from 1.9 per 100,000 persons to 1.3 from 1996 to 2007, assaults increased from 623 per 100,000 persons to 840 during that same time — a 35 percent jump.
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I'd much prefer to be the victim of an assault by some drunk outside a pub than to be shot by him.
