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  • Australian Firearms Buyback and Its Effect on Gun Deaths

    From Hans Der Weiner@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 22 10:04:24 2023
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    NCJ Number 224636
    Author(s)
    Wang-Sheng Lee;
    Sandy Suardi
    Date Published August 2008
    Length 29 pages
    Annotation
    This working paper examines the effects of the Australian National
    Firearms Agreement (NFA) on gun deaths.
    Abstract
    The 1996-1997 NFA in Australia introduced strict gun laws, primarily as a reaction to the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 where 35
    people were killed. Using a battery of structural break tests, there is
    little evidence to suggest that it had any significant effects on firearm homicides and suicides. In addition, there does not appear to be any substitution effects, specifically that reduced access to firearms may
    have let those bent on committing homicide or suicide to use alternative methods. Although gun buybacks appear to be a logical and sensible policy
    that helps to placate the public's fears, the evidence so far suggests
    that in the Australian context, the high expenditure incurred to fund the
    1996 gun buyback has not translated into any tangible reductions in terms
    of firearms deaths. The article includes a section which provides a brief review of the literature on the effects of the NFA; a section which
    introduces the time-series data on homicides and suicides used for the empirical analysis, a section which discusses the econometric model and
    issues regarding model selection, and a section which discusses the
    structural break tests employed along with the results when used to
    analyze data. Tables, references

    Corporate Author
    Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
    AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
    Sale Source
    Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
    AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
    Publication Format
    Book (Softbound)
    Publication Type
    Program/Project Description
    Language
    English
    Country
    Australia
    Note
    From the Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series: Working Paper No. 17/08

    <https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/australian-firearms- buyback-and-its-effect-gun-deaths>

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  • From Rod Speed@21:1/5 to Hans Der Weiner on Sat Apr 22 19:32:02 2023
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    Hans Der Weiner <hans@none.invalid> wrote

    NCJ Number 224636
    Author(s)
    Wang-Sheng Lee;
    Sandy Suardi
    Date Published August 2008
    Length 29 pages
    Annotation
    This working paper examines the effects of the Australian National
    Firearms Agreement (NFA) on gun deaths.
    Abstract
    The 1996-1997 NFA in Australia introduced strict gun laws, primarily as a reaction to the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 where 35 people were killed. Using a battery of structural break tests, there is little evidence to suggest that it had any significant effects on firearm homicides and suicides.

    Just another bare faced lie. We have in fact have never had
    another mass shooting of a significant number of individuals
    by one shooter who were not known to the shooter since.

    <reams of even sillier mindless pig ignorant shit flushed where it belongs>

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