Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by refurb on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:51PM
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I didn't know this, but the Australia gun ban, just removed certain types of guns - about half the latest data I saw.
Australia still has plenty of legal guns around. And it's clearly still a problem with illegal guns. Not as big a problem as the US, but still a big problem.
"But the latest crackdown did little to shift attention from the body count: in the past 18 months, 13 men have been shot dead in a western Sydney turf war and there is no end to the bloodshed in sight."
Australia still has plenty of legal guns around. And it's clearly still a problem with illegal guns. Not as big a problem as the US, but still a big problem.
"But the latest crackdown did little to shift attention from the body count: in the past 18 months, 13 men have been shot dead in a western Sydney turf war and there is no end to the bloodshed in sight."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/23/more-...