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Massive gun 'buyback' doubled fall in Australian gun deaths

The chances of gun death in Australia dropped twice as steeply after 700,000 guns were destroyed in a national firearm "buyback" and amnesty, reveals a decade long study in Injury Prevention.The study tracks the 10 years following the introduction of gun law reform in Australia between 1996 and 1998.

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