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Gun laws fall short in war on crime
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The latest figures show a renaissance in firearm Nationwide, the
ownership in the state – a 25 per cent increase in three years. And the
head of the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Don Weatherburn,
said falls in armed robberies and abductions in NSW in the past few
years had more to do with the heroin drought and good policing than
firearms legislation.
which have been steady, began long before the gun law debate provoked
by the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
proportion of robberies involving weapons is the same as it was in
1996, while the proportion of abductions involving weapons is higher,
the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics fiures reveal. They show a
mixed result in firearms-related offences since the mid-1990s. There
has been a fall in firearms murders (from 32 to 13 per cent) but a rise
(19 to 23 per cent) in attempted murders involving guns. [source]
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