-=> Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 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

Yeah I have vague recollections of that.

 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.

I don't think you'll get rid of firearms already out there, but getting as many
out of circulation  still helps.


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