That information seems counter to what is publicized. Any link to an article or database with this information?
I’m finding the same thing as you. I guess just because it’s on Facebook it isn’t necessarily true.
My fault, folks, for not verifying before posting.
“Truth-or-Fiction” doesn’t like it.
“Snopes” dances all around before concluding this:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp
“The main point to be learned here is that determining the effect of changes in Australia’s gun ownership laws and the government’s firearm buy-back program on crime rates requires a complex long-term analysis and can’t be discerned from the small, mixed grab bag of short-term statistics offered here. And no matter what the outcome of that analysis, the results aren’t necessarily applicable to the USA, where laws regarding gun ownership are (and always have been) much different than those in Australia.”
For Snopes, that sounds like it is true, but they don’t like it.