This is absolute nonsense. Itā??s not just about criminals shooting law abiding citizens. Itā??s about citizens shooting each other and themselves. Iā??m in the UK where itā??s virtually impossible to possess any sort of gun whatsoever. In recent years we have had between 150 and 250 firearms deaths per year. In the US you have had 30,000 to 35,000 a year over the same period. Does that give you any clue as to you why the Australian government wants to limit the private ownership of guns?

Plus I donā??t know where Mr. Chenel is getting his statistics from as everything I can find says the exact opposite. Iā??d guess heā??s making them up. I wonā??t quote the stuff I found here; thereā??s shitloads of it. Give it a google.

A few random but dramatic statistics:

In 1996, handguns were used to murder 2 people in New Zealand, 15 in Japan, 30 in Great Britain, 106 in Canada and 9,390 in the United States.

In 1998, more than 10 children and teenagers, age 19 and under were killed with guns everyday in America.

From 1993 through 1997, an average of 1,409 children and teenagers took their own lives with guns each year in America.

Each year during 1993 through 1997, an average of 1,621 murderers who had not reached their 18th birthdays took someone's life with a gun in America.

ā??Nuff said.