sc94597 on 22 December 2012
| Aielyn said: The prime minister at the time, who was a right-wing conservative leader, established a gun buyback scheme and laws to control gun violence. Since then, our gun violence has dropped dramatically, making us a country that sees far less gun crime than America. Here's a graph showing the change in firearm homicide rates (and non-firearm homicide rates, to show that that rate didn't increase to compensate):  |
Yet Australia has more of other crimes than the U.S.
http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Australia/United-States/Crime
Assault victims 2.4% Australia vs. 1.2% United States of America
Perception of safety Walking in the Dark Australia 64% vs. United States of America 82%
Rape victims 1% Australia vs. .4% United States
Total Crime victims 30.1% (Ranked # 1) vs. 21.1%
