Gun Control Doesn't Work to Reduce Violence, According to the CDC and the Rand Corporation
"During 2000--2002, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force), an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of firearms laws in preventing violence, including violent crimes, suicide, and unintentional injury. The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearm laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes."
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm
Gun Policy in America: An Overview (Rand Corporation)
"We reviewed thousands of studies to identify all available evidence for the effects of 13 gun policies on eight outcomes. After excluding studies that did not meet our criteria for establishing a law’s effects, we found little persuasive evidence for the effects of most policies on most outcomes."
Gun Control Doesn't Work to Reduce Suicides, According to the AIHW
In 1996, Australia Banned and Confiscated Nearly All Modern Firearms. According to data collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW):
In the 18 years before the gun ban (1978-1996) there was a total of 36,376 suicides for a mean rate of 12.24
In the 18 years after the gun ban (1997-2015) there was a total of 46,387 suicides for a mean rate of 12.67
Although the slight increase in the rate is statistically insignificant, there was a 27.52% increase in the total number of suicides during the 18 years after the gun ban.
It is obvious the gun ban had no effect on suicides. Hangings merely replaced guns as the most common method of suicide.
So what does Gun Control Do?
It Makes People Defenseless in the Face of Monsters. ESPECIALLY WOMEN
After Australia imposed a Gun Ban, Sexual Assaults Increased Significantly.
![](http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/7115772/data/rate-of-sexual-assaults-in-australia-data.jpg)