Note this is NSW related, but I'm done with the discussion and am not looking up any more stats. Feel free to believe whatever you choose but I stand by all my points and my original comments to Tacodoc.
Good night.
OK I'll do it for you then since you have threw up a wall of “Narrow mindedness”.
Cite:
http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/B/4/2/{B425E9A3-B810-43D7-9BD7-F694830F89C2}facts10.pdf
Table 1 Victims of selected violent crimes, 1996–2009
Homicide Assault Sexual assault Robbery Kidnapping/abduction
1996 354 114,156 14,542 16,372 478
1997 364 124,500 14,353 21,305 564
1998 334 130,903 14,689 23,801 707
1999 385 134,271 14,699 22,606 766
2000 362 138,708 16,406 23,336 695
2001 347 152,283 17,577 26,591 767
2002 366 160,118 18,718 20,989 706
2003 341 157,280 18,025 19,709 696
2004 302 156,849 19,171 16,513 768
2005 301 166,507 18,695 17,176 729
2006 321 172,441 19,555 17,375 726
2007 283 176,077 19,954 17,996 733
2008 293 170,720 19,992 16,513 788
2009 293 175,277 18,807 15,238 564
Note: Number of victims presented here represents revised estimates on numbers published in earlier editions of Australian statistics
And I quote “Although susceptible to fluctuations, the number of kidnapping/abductions decreased
by 28 percent between 2008 and 2009, while there has been an overall increase of
18 percent in the number of kidnappings since 1996.”
• Assaults have been increasing at an average rate of four percent per year since
1996. There were 175,227 cases of assault in 2009, a 2.6 percent rise from 2008.
• With 293 recorded cases in 2009, homicide figures continue to be the lowest of all
violent crime categories in Australia.
• Sexual assaults have fluctuated since 2003, with a six percent decrease in the number
of recorded sexual assaults between 2008 and 2009. Overall, the number of sexual
assaults has increased by one-third since 1996.
• Robberies have continued to decrease since 2007, reducing to 15,238 in 2009
(an 8% decrease since 2008).
• In 2009, assault was the only crime to experience an increase, rising by
three percent from 2008.
• Although sexual assault has decreased since 2008, in the past 10 years it has
increased by 28 percent.
My point is crime as increased. The reason? Because a criminal has less to fear. A firearm is the great equalizer. In short, a person safety should not be based on their stature. This alone is justification for a person to own any firearm they would like, that is legally. Criminals do not care what the law says; they just care about their safety when committing a crime.
The reason we have the right to bear arms in the USA is for different reason but alas that is a different topic. You have a nice country and I'd like to visit one day in spite of the flawed logic the nation's laws current hold.
Good night.