A bit of a long read folks but check it out.

Melbourne Uni study on the gun buy back

Bakes,
I just went thru the dubious exercise of telling Adobe all about myself but still can't get into your link. What's it say, basically?

Adobe can go up the creek as far as I am concerned.

I refuse to sign up just tto read an article.

"A 2008 study on the effects of the firearm buybacks by Dr Wang-Sheng Lee and Dr Sandy Suardi of Melbourne University’s Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research studied the data and concluded: "Despite the fact that several researchers using the same data have examined the impact of the NFA on firearm deaths, a consensus does not appear to have been reached. In this paper, we re-analyze the same data on firearm deaths used in previous research, using tests for unknown structural breaks as a means to identifying impacts of the NFA. The results of these tests suggest that the NFA did not have any large effects on reducing firearm homicide or suicide rates."[49]

Dr Lee and Dr Suardi received criticism about their findings from anti-gun groups. However, the researchers claimed they had no vested interest in the findings and that the facts speak for themselves.[50]

In early 2009 this was followed by a paper from research at the Australian Institute of Suicide Prevention at Griffith University which concluded:

"The implemented restrictions may not be responsible for the observed reductions in firearms suicide. Data suggest that a change in social and cultural attitudes could have contributed to the shift in method preference.[51] "
- from IHA Wiki.



Here's another link to references to the study.

http://www.ssaa.org.au/media-m...-buy-back-paper.html

I too refused to register with adobe to access their library........ Google is your friend.

Sorry gents. I had to sign up just to post the link. Thought I was cleaver there for a minute, you know computer savvy and all

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Sorry gents. I had to sign up just to post the link. Thought I was cleaver there for a minute, you know computer savvy and all