But now compare the violent crime rate.
Australia had a big gun-grab back in 1996. I want to know what effect
this has had, so I will start at 1995.
**Australia, 1995**
Population - 18,100,000
Murders - 321
Attempted Murder - 301
Manslaughter - 30
Robbery - 16466
Assault - 101149
Sexual Assault - 12809
Kidnapping - 469
Total Violent Crime - 131545
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Murder, per million - 17.73
Violent Crime, per million - 7267.68
**Australia, 2010**
Population - 22,300,000
Murders - 260
Robbery - 14,582
Assault - 171083
Sexual Assault - 17757
Kidnapping - 603
Total Violent Crime - 204285
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Murder, per million - 11.66
Murder, change from 1995 - 34.3% decrease
Violent Crime, per million - 9160.72
Violent Crime, from 1995 - 26.05% INCREASE
Yes, read that again. Murder dropped by 34.26%, but overall violent crime
is **up** by 26.05% For every life saved, an extra 312 people were the
victims of violent crime..
Wow, WHAT a slam dunk! Sign our country UP for some of that!
During the SAME period (1995-2010), here are the USA trends.
Murder - 42.6% down (compare to 34.3% down in Australia)
Violent crime - 43.5% down (compare to 26.05% UP in Australia)
Austalia, 1995 numbers.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats...
Australia, 2010 numbers.
http://www.aic.gov.au/media_li...
I used 2010 becaise of this note:
2011 figure does not include information from Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Therefore, the assault figure **cannot be compared with those prior to 2011**
USA figures (spot-checked, and the numbers were very close to FBI estimates.
http://www.disastercenter.com/...