It is my belief that this article is deceptive in the way the information and arguments have been presented.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/port-ar ... 57ml7.html Professor Joel Negin is the head of the School of Public Health in the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health.
The author has been able to provide statistics at either an Australian national level for the incidence of mass shootings, average annual firearms related deaths and at a single state level (NSW) for suicides, but then reverts to International studies WRT domestic partner homicides. Does this indicate a lack of data at state or federal levels or is he cherry picking facts to suit his narrative? They then state that the proportion of Australians owning guns has dropped by about half between 1997 (population ~18.53 million) and 2020 (population ~25.59 million), and the number of registered firearms in Australia now exceeds 3.5 million without stating how many firearms were estimated at 1997 and without referencing the increase in population and what the 2 proportions are from 1997 to 2020. To me there is no attempt to make a comparison but to imply that there are now more guns in Australia and that less Australians own guns but that those people who own guns – now own lots more guns. Am I reading this wrong?
I find these following statements to be misleading, deceptive and lacking any foundation in factual evidence or logic “NFA-prohibited gun silencers, whose main advantage is to criminals, are creeping back in. Previously banned semi-automatic and other rapid-fire weapons and their ammunition are now more available to those who want them.”
More available than when or by what measure?
There is the obligatory reference to powerful lobby groups without any evidence.
Then there is an attempt to link gaps in different (state?) gun registration systems with a firearms black market, without any mention of the leakage of weapons onto said black market via military or police channels. This including thefts and police mismanagement. And no mention the role illegal imports may play.
Sigh