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NCJ Number 224636
Author(s)
Wang-Sheng Lee;
Sandy Suardi
Date Published August 2008
Length 29 pages
Annotation
This working paper examines the effects of the Australian National
Firearms Agreement (NFA) on gun deaths.
Abstract
The 1996-1997 NFA in Australia introduced strict gun laws, primarily as a
reaction to the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 where 35
people were killed. Using a battery of structural break tests, there is
little evidence to suggest that it had any significant effects on firearm
homicides and suicides. In addition, there does not appear to be any
substitution effects, specifically that reduced access to firearms may
have let those bent on committing homicide or suicide to use alternative
methods. Although gun buybacks appear to be a logical and sensible policy
that helps to placate the public's fears, the evidence so far suggests
that in the Australian context, the high expenditure incurred to fund the
1996 gun buyback has not translated into any tangible reductions in terms
of firearms deaths. The article includes a section which provides a brief
review of the literature on the effects of the NFA; a section which
introduces the time-series data on homicides and suicides used for the
empirical analysis, a section which discusses the econometric model and
issues regarding model selection, and a section which discusses the
structural break tests employed along with the results when used to
analyze data. Tables, references
Corporate Author
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
Sale Source
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
Publication Format
Book (Softbound)
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Language
English
Country
Australia
Note
buyback-and-its-effect-gun-deaths>
Author(s)
Wang-Sheng Lee;
Sandy Suardi
Date Published August 2008
Length 29 pages
Annotation
This working paper examines the effects of the Australian National
Firearms Agreement (NFA) on gun deaths.
Abstract
The 1996-1997 NFA in Australia introduced strict gun laws, primarily as a
reaction to the mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 where 35
people were killed. Using a battery of structural break tests, there is
little evidence to suggest that it had any significant effects on firearm
homicides and suicides. In addition, there does not appear to be any
substitution effects, specifically that reduced access to firearms may
have let those bent on committing homicide or suicide to use alternative
methods. Although gun buybacks appear to be a logical and sensible policy
that helps to placate the public's fears, the evidence so far suggests
that in the Australian context, the high expenditure incurred to fund the
1996 gun buyback has not translated into any tangible reductions in terms
of firearms deaths. The article includes a section which provides a brief
review of the literature on the effects of the NFA; a section which
introduces the time-series data on homicides and suicides used for the
empirical analysis, a section which discusses the econometric model and
issues regarding model selection, and a section which discusses the
structural break tests employed along with the results when used to
analyze data. Tables, references
Corporate Author
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
Sale Source
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
AddressUniversity of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia, Australia
Publication Format
Book (Softbound)
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Language
English
Country
Australia
Note
From the Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series: Working Paper No. 17/08
<https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/australian-firearms-buyback-and-its-effect-gun-deaths>