[quote]I don't think free-speech should ever be censored but neither do I think people should be protected from the social consequences of that speech. That should apply equally to the Milos and the Kathys of the world.[/quote] Agreed. Responsibility is key. [quote=@Penny] I worked in Australia for a couple of years and most Australians seem to believe that the gun confiscations did reduce gun violence. Overall rates of gun violence have dropped but it is a little more difficult to tie this trend directly to the stricter gun laws as it might be part of a trend that was already in effect. If only we had a control Australia! The overall levels of violence are not analogous however in 2001 the rate of homicide in Australia was about 13 deaths per million in 2014 the rate of homicide in the USA was about 47 deaths per million I'm honestly surprised the difference is that small. Seem's like I very rarely heard about homicides in the news when I was there. [/quote] Yeah, like Harbinger said it's popular to attribute America with gun violence because of all of the discussions. However, that's not to say there isn't a huge problem in the states. Plus I believe Australia's gun violence prevention measures were taken in the late 90's so a 2001 statistic might be a tad skewed.