T110's Third Summer of Love and Tolerance

The_Chieftain: The issue of whether the Australian buyback worked has already been addressed. That it is commonly or even overwhelmingly believed to have been the cause of the reductions seen is not relevant to whether or not it actually was. University of Melbourne was quite specific on the lack of evidence that A caused B. Numerous folks including the police leadership attribute the already extant decline to better policing and social policies. Australia now has more firearms than they had before port Arthur in 96. Further, the lack of mass shootings since can also be attributed to the improvements in medical care which has seen significant improvement in the world of GSWs over the last couple of years. There have been a number of "three killed, multiple wounded" incidents. Finally, the New Zealand situation provides Ann interesting counterpoint. Short mobile 'phone post due to being in airport.