Thread: we are up against stupidity

Originally Posted by timattalon

And Australia clearly has lower gun crime rates than NZ showing thier system works....Oh wait ...its much worse thasn ours you say...well'll be buggered - Maybe the Aussie system doesn't work then.....

In truth if you look closely at What Aussie has done, you can see it is a clear example of how it does NOT work...Gun crime is higher, there are brazen assasinations of criminals , weapon crime is higher, and the ONLY people being punished for it are the law abiding licensed owners who lose more of their sport and passion every time a law change is made and nothing is done to combat the actual crime....If that twat thinks Aussies system is so good, he should move to the University of Perth and leave us the hell alone...

according to UNODC data Australia v's NZ stacks up as follows

Location	Region	Subregion	Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants	Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 persons	Total firearm-related death rate per 100,000 inhabitants

Australia *

Oceania

Australia, New Zealand

0.9

14.5

0.88

New Zealand *

Oceania

Australia, New Zealand

2.6

26.3

1.24

I'm not for one minute defending Gillespies BS article, just your comment got me curious, the above is from wiki so can't verify it's accuracy