Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: SAFE Act: Gun groups say data shows low compliance [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)card stacking. There is also post hoc ergo propter hoc. In Australia, gun laws were always tough (relative to the US) before the National Firearms Agreement. The murder rate also started dropping several years before the law was passed. While it is true that the murder rate dropped after the NFA. What they forgot to mention is that it was dropping before then too. That was the card stacking. The post hoc ergo propter hoc, well speaks for itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736501,00.html
http://www.gunsandcrime.org/aussiegc.html
While there are about three million legally registered guns in Australia, the Australian Federal Police doesn't have the slightest idea how many illegal guns are smuggled in or manufactured basement factories. One in ten guns taken from crime scenes and busts are the latter, often homemade open bolt sub-machine guns.