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Re:Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S by refurb on Thursday December 17, 2015 @01:42PM (#10753417)
It's not just me, it's other researchers as well.[1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Australia#Measurin...

"The results of these tests suggest that the NFA did not have any large effects on reducing firearm homicide or suicide rates."[61]"

"The implemented restrictions may not be responsible for the observed reductions in firearms suicide. Data suggest that a change in social and cultural attitudes could have contributed to the shift in method preference.[60]"

I wouldn't assume that it's settled.

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Re:Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S by SteveLAnderson on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:41PM (#10754372)
The paper I linked to discussed both of those papers and corrects errors made in them.
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Re:Guns are now killing as many people as cars in the U.S by refurb on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:58PM (#10755891)
Care to point it out?

The table I'm looking at says firearm suicides dropped by 50% prior to the gun buyback.

I'd argue the decrease in overall suicides is a general trend happened to coincide with the gun buyback.

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