These arguments in favour of a privately armed society spring from those who appear to either suffer from paranoia or simply like the feel of a gun in the hand. The fact is that the public appear to be protected by strict gun laws as recent figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggest.
In late 2003 the ABS released an analysis of the Australian gun death figures for the year 2002.
They show that for the first time the total number of gun deaths fell below 300. It needs to b...
