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As a fellow Australian, are you starting to reconsider that last sentence?
Gun violence was rare and still is compared to a lot of countries but shootings were once BIG news and now it's about every month or two someone is shot dead with an illegal firearm. Big increase since 2019
No, not really. Even though there's been an uptick in gun violence, it's not the sort of indiscriminate violence that would keep me (as a parent) awake at night. Many of the gun crimes we see are targeted or specific - gang and organised crime, murder suicides, familicides, etc.
Even though those are very troubling, they're still largely distant from the average Aussie. Unlike, say, in America where there's now a market for school backpacks with Kevlar inserts.
Gun deaths in Australia are at an all time low over the past 5 years
While the best I can get on mobile is this, all gun violence (including lethal and non-lethal) is also way down on long term trends.