Mass shooting Las Vegas

[Superman4]

SpokenTruth said:

Superman4 said:

I dont have an exact number for you but according to this article knife related attacks increased by over 10%. Gun crimes went down (obviously ) but they are still responsible for a decent percentage of murders.

 

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/knife-killings-on-the-rise-in-australia-as-gun-murders-fall-says-new-criminology-report/news-story/8abb94fcce1a98675f771b2d183875f9

"The latest homicide in Australia report by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows 13 per cent of people murdered in 2008/09 and 2009/10 were killed by firearms, down from 25 per cent in the late 1980s.

But knife murders have risen from 30 to 41 per cent over the last decade."

Is this trying to say that Australia had more knife murders than firearm murders before and after the ban?

I took it as 25% in the late 80s, 30-41% as from the last decade, so 2003-2013 when the article was written.  The ban on guns was enacted in 1996. It doesnt show what the knife murders were in the 80s though for a complete comparison.