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4 paź 2017 · The new chart covers homicides in Australia from 1996, when the National Firearms Agreement was enacted, through 2013, which is the most recent data available in the annual Australian crime...
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Crime statistics before and after the implementation of gun laws have shown a decrease of the use of guns in crime. According to the national homicide monitoring program, the number of homicide incidents involving a firearm decreased by 57% between 1989–90 and 2013–14, from 75 to 32.
Gun laws in Australia are predominantly within the jurisdiction of Australian states and territories, with the importation of guns regulated by the federal government. In the last two decades of the 20th century, following several high-profile killing sprees, the federal government coordinated more restrictive firearms legislation with all ...
21 cze 2024 · Australia is known for strict gun laws implemented after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, but states and territories still have different ways of treating gun ownership. Here's a guide.
12 gru 2021 · Australia’s tight gun control laws have repeatedly been compared to lax laws in the United States, and these comparisons are at times made within the United States following major mass shooting events (for example, Glover, 2017).
10 cze 2022 · Gun violence has surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gun ownership and gun homicide rates are high in the United States in comparison to rates in other advanced democracies. Mass shootings...
26 lis 2021 · Less than two weeks after Australia’s worst mass shooting, the federal government implemented a new program, banning rapid-fire rifles and shotguns, and unifying gun owner licensing and ...
