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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts

      Have a look at the National Firearms Agreement passed in Australia to get an idea. It's mostly about passing fairly commonsense licensing regulations and offering amnesty to gun owners in the form of cash payments

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    2. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      I would like to have a conversation about this topic if you are willing.

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    3. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts @GidMK

      Specifically about Australia, their technical aspects may have been much less complex since there were ~3million firearms in circulation (US had upwards of 300 million) with surely a much smaller percentage of them being the newly prohibited arms.

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    4. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts @GidMK

      Homicides had already been falling for years, due to other unknown factors (I believe cultural). Armed and unarmed homicide continued to drop at similar rates after the weapons ban. New Zealand saw a similar decrease in homicide, and they did not enact a ban.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts

      Homicide is a very complex issue, although it's perhaps worth noting that a) NZ has more restrictive laws than the US and b) homicide rates in the US have barely fallen in the last 15 years compared to the rest of the OECD

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    6. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      I fully agree that this is a complex issue, but your original statement was somewhat binary on this. It may be that some type of restriction causes fewer people to die, but I wouldn't call this an uncontentious fact. It also does not address the unintended consequences.

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts

      Twitter was made for brevity. Check out my blog if you want to have a look at the nuance As for unintended consequences, what are you referring to?

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    8. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      Unintended consequences: cost of enforcement (lives and money), resistance to the prohibition, increased black market crime, reduced security of nation, increased violent crime as people are less able to defend themselves.

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts

      The first few have been managed extremely well in Aus and the UK, violent crime has mostly decreased - this is not surprising, guns are rarely used defensively - and I find the idea that civilians armed with cheap small arms would provide increased 'security' a bit weird

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    10. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK

      I assert Australia is an invalid example for reasons I already stated. UK has a horrible knife & acid crime problem.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
      Replying to @HealthCareTatts

      The homicide rate in the UK is roughly 1/5th of the US. Australia is less than half

      4:08 PM - 22 May 2018
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        2. D.R.‏ @HealthCareTatts 22 May 2018
          Replying to @GidMK

          There are also many countries with much more strict firearms laws, with much greater homicide rates. It may not be that firearms prohibition is a great indicator of homicide rate. Last I looked, US was 49th in homicide according to WHO numbers.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018
          Replying to @HealthCareTatts

          As I said, a complex issue. But the idea that restricting guns causes more homicides is quite clearly disproven by the evidence from every country that has done it

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