Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon on Saturday October 07 2017 at 09:42:

PQ> Apart from other programs in some USofA cities, Bob is probably
PQ> thinking of the '96 buyback.  What a lot of Aussies don't realize is
PQ> that the buyback cost approx AUD$500,000,000 and achieved nothing.
PQ> There are more firearms in circulation today than then; just different
PQ> types since the unified state-based haphazard registration systems.

Maybe I was thinking of this, although after I wrote, I seemed to remember
reading something like this in South Africa. But it's been a while back, and
I'm not really sure.

But anyway, even a buy back program would have to be carried out on a massive
scale to be effective. Even old guns can kill people - think of the Luger,
first made in 1908.

Cheers, Bob

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