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2023-12-08 11:14:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F223104C02C94665943DDD62327A7034075FD5FE2EBBB72585C35213ED2CB7AC
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The post claims that the policy of firearms registration would make Australians safer. This is however misleading as a similar policy was tried and abandoned by Canada as the long gun registry was found to have no impact on crime and deemed a waste of taxpayer money https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Misfire.pdf https://youtu.be/NZNzdW6n630?si=l2ZiKyAxKVJ1uyZs https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/01/22/canada-tried-registering-long-guns-and-gave-up/amp/ https://nationalpost.com/opinion/gary-mauser-why-the-long-gun-registry-doesnt-work-and-never-did/wcm/fd82d5fb-cd60-42a7-836c-163fb8b2ed1d/amp/
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