I did some research and found that our gun laws came into place when we had 35 people killed in Tasmania by a single gunman. apparently gun related deaths were at about 521 in 1997 before semi autos and pump action shotguns were banned, in 2006 that had dropped to 289. some people think that it is related to other factors but either way there are less people dieing. I'll try and find more resent figures later and post them.
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