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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:59AM (#15860724)
There's been a world-wide reduction in crime since the 1970s. It's very possible to isolate the impact of Australia's gun laws by comparing to other similar countries that didn't implement a major gun ban at the time.
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Re:Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the... by andrenth on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @08:49AM (#15861000)
Has that been done? I think it would be quite hard to provide any meaningful comparison between countries, because the results would be clouded by many other factors that can influence them.
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