Lingzi Also wishing for the speedy recovery of BU PhD student Zhou Danling Randall P Ellis Boston University April 22 2013 Australian Gun Control Law 1996 In 1996 12 days after 35 people were killed and 18 people seriously wounded by a single person with a semiautomatic gun the Austral ID: 657598
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Slides in memory of BU PhD student Lu
Lingzi
Also wishing for the speedy recovery of BU PhD student Zhou
Danling
Randall P. Ellis
Boston University
April 22, 2013Slide2
Australian Gun Control Law 1996
In 1996, 12 days after 35 people were killed and 18 people seriously wounded by a single person with a semiautomatic gun, the Australian state and federal government enacted uniform gun control lawsBanned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotgunsPurchased back 643,726 newly prohibited gunsMore than 60,000 guns voluntarily turned inOverall more than 700,000 guns recovered from 12 million AustraliansMandatory registration of all firearmsPrivate sales of guns bannedPolice review of every gun transfer by licensed dealers, looking for a legitimate reason for purchase
Chapman, S,
Alpers
, P,
Agho
, K, Jones, M. (2006)
“Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings.”
Injury Prevention
12:365–372Slide3
“Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. “
Chapman, S, Alpers, P, Agho, K, Jones, M. Injury Prevention 2006; 12:365–372Mass Killings in Australia (deaths ≥5) 1979-2006Slide4
“Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and
a decade without mass shootings. “Chapman, S, Alpers, P, Agho, K, Jones, M. Injury Prevention 2006; 12:365–372Slide5
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per100 000, Australia 1979–2003.
Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman,
Alpers
,
Agho
and Jones (2006)Slide6
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per100 000, Australia 1979–2003.
Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman,
Alpers
,
Agho
and Jones (2006)Slide7
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per100 000,
Australia 1979–2003. Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman,
Alpers
,
Agho
and Jones (2006)Slide8
Source: Chapman,
Alpers
,
Agho
and Jones (2006)Slide9Slide10
Sources:
Branas, C., Wiebe, D., Schwab, C. & Richmond, T. (2005) Getting past the “f” word in federally funded public health research, Injury Prevention 11(3): 191.http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfmCalculated updated numbers for 2002 -2012 for cholera and rabies using average case occurrences per yearhttp://crimelab.uchicago.edu/sites/crimelab.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/Biden%20Commission%20letter_20130110_final.pdf
In the US, both the CDC and the NIH agencies are currently prohibited from funding research on the health effects of gunsSlide11
Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States
Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1286. Published online March 6, 2013 Free onlineSlide12
Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States
Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1286.
Published online March 6,
2013
Free onlineSlide13
Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States
Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1286. Published online March 6, 2013 Free onlineSlide14
Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States
Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1286. Published online March 6, 2013 Free onlineSlide15
Something can be done about firearm violence and mass killings.
It will take political leadershipOr public action