I don't think guns should be carried for self-defence. Even if concealed carry and possession of handguns for personal defence was legal in NSW, there would be very few situations where you could practically use it, under Zecevic vs DPP the high court held that force in self-defence must be reasonable and proportionate, and that 'excessive self-defence' isn't a defence. So you'll probably be convicted of murder most of the time.
http://www.ministerhomeaffairs.gov....ch-2012---Crime-falling-across-Australia.aspx
If levels of gun violence are linked to gun control, it doesn't necessarily mean the correlation is linear and continuous. It might be the case that gun control only becomes effective when certain discrete regulatory measures that go beyond what is implemented in chicago, are enforced. Chicago is still liberal by international standards.
lies, damned lies, and statistics. Violent crime has dropped in almost all categories since the introduction of tighter gun control by Howard in 1996. This is a correlation, I'm not sure the two were linked because there wasn't that much crime before etc... but crime overall has decreased continuously, for whatever reason. Probably the influx of somalian muslim asylum seekers and out of control teen binge drinking.
http://www.ministerhomeaffairs.gov....ch-2012---Crime-falling-across-Australia.aspx
I heard conneticut had 'extremely strict gun laws' by american standards - i.e. a two week waiting period for a handgun, lmao.The top five states for gun violence in america have extremely strict gun laws.
By your logic, Chicago should on the safest cities in america (spoiler alert: the opposite is true).
If levels of gun violence are linked to gun control, it doesn't necessarily mean the correlation is linear and continuous. It might be the case that gun control only becomes effective when certain discrete regulatory measures that go beyond what is implemented in chicago, are enforced. Chicago is still liberal by international standards.