Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAustralian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydneywww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkAustralian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydneywww.cbc.caQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·3 months ago I’m sure these new laws will work as well as the last ones. Australia gun deaths: 0.90 per 100,000 people US Gun deaths: 13.7 per 100,000 people. Canada Gun deaths: 0.78 per 100,000 people.
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWow, I had no idea we had fewer per capita gun deaths than Australia.
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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-23 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate Still significantly lower. But also that’s a weak dodge from your initial failed argument.
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minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agoAre you suggesting that gun control laws cause arson? Like, I want to rob some guy but I don’t have a gun, guess I’ll set him on fire?
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minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·3 months agoTbh i have no idea about gun control laws in Australia. Haha
minus-squaretheyoyomaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down14·3 months agoThey are highly effective at ensuring that people who do not break laws cannot get guns easily.
minus-squarecammoblammo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThey also make it harder for people who do break laws to get guns easily.
minus-squaretheyoyomaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCool, so only criminals who are slightly dedicated to breaking the law get guns and no one else. Got it.
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Australia gun deaths: 0.90 per 100,000 people
US Gun deaths: 13.7 per 100,000 people.
Canada Gun deaths: 0.78 per 100,000 people.
Wow, I had no idea we had fewer per capita gun deaths than Australia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Still significantly lower. But also that’s a weak dodge from your initial failed argument.
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Are you suggesting that gun control laws cause arson? Like, I want to rob some guy but I don’t have a gun, guess I’ll set him on fire?
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Tbh i have no idea about gun control laws in Australia. Haha
They are highly effective at ensuring that people who do not break laws cannot get guns easily.
They also make it harder for people who do break laws to get guns easily.
Cool, so only criminals who are slightly dedicated to breaking the law get guns and no one else. Got it.
Obviously.