Australian Gun Buyback Failure
Alex Robson has a nice piece in today's The Australian newspaper:
If the gun control lobby is correct, then the effect of such a large intervention should show up in Australia's crime statistics.
However, supporters have been unable to show that the buyback scheme altered long-run trends in Australia's crime rates in a way that supports their abolitionist rhetoric. Indeed, the lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of buyback schemes is proportional to the amount of lobbying by the gun control lobby and the Prime Minister's acquiescence to them. . . . .
However, supporters have been unable to show that the buyback scheme altered long-run trends in Australia's crime rates in a way that supports their abolitionist rhetoric. Indeed, the lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of buyback schemes is proportional to the amount of lobbying by the gun control lobby and the Prime Minister's acquiescence to them. . . . .
posted by John Lott at 6:45 PM
1 Comments:
It is well worth while publishing every scrap of evidence that firearms bans do not work. Here in Britain, the last time I looked, firearms crime had risen some 70% since the handgun confiscations of 1997 and 1998 - mostly consisting of handgun offences.
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