[extropy-chat] Re: blah snip: Gun control [Australia]

[Damien Broderick]

At 02:33 PM 4/3/2004 -0700, peter wrote to some other list entirely:

>. . . and might I add, a quick google on crime stats in Australia landed me
>with this gem from Snopes, who was probably a lot more sober than I when he
>wrote this :
>
>< http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp >

Indeed. Additionally, one might consult the underlying population stats:

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/b52c3903d894336dca2568a9001393c1?OpenDocument

which don't explain everything, but do need to be taken into account when 
anyone claims that X has risen (in raw numbers, not proportionally) by Y%.

Damien Broderick