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British Journal of Criminology Advance Access published online on October 18, 2006
British Journal of Criminology, doi:10.1093/bjc/azl084
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Gun Laws and Sudden Death: Did the Australian Firearms Legislation of 1996 Make a Difference?

Jeanine Baker 1 * and Samara Mcphedran 2

1 Research and Policy Unit, Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, PO Box 166, Gumeracha, South Australia 5233, Australia
2 School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales 2006, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Jeanine Baker, E-mail: jb{at}ssaa.org.au


  Abstract

Mass murders in Dunblane, United Kingdom, and Port Arthur, Australia, provoked rapid responses from the governments of both countries. Major changes to Australian laws resulted in a controversial buy-back of longarms and tighter legislation. The Australian situation enables evaluation of the effect of a national buy-back, accompanied by tightened legislation in a country with relatively secure borders. AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) was used to predict future values of the time series for homicide, suicide and accidental death before and after the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (NFA). When compared with observed values, firearm suicide was the only parameter the NFA may have influenced, although societal factors could also have influenced observed changes. The findings have profound implications for future firearm legislation policy direction.


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