A lmost all of the figures purporting to show the need for more gun legislation in Australia have been imported from flawed sources in the United States, as we have shown in these pages in the last few months. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released its own figures, plainly showing that gun deaths have been declining in this country since 1980, well before any legislation was there to have an effect on them. SSAA National Office had these figures collated and was saying so throughout last year, but nobody among the media was interested. Our report this month is a good opportunity for you to take these facts to your local politician. This must be said far and wide.
Facts are our only defence against unnecessary and ineffective gun legislation.
And facts are no use unless the right people see them. This is where you come in. We appeal to you - use your Journal. The way that this is all put together would be fertile ground for an independent investigative journalist, if there is one who exists. It would be interesting to find out whether or not they paid out of their own pockets.