Clear lessons in Australia on efficacy of gun control: study

A new study shows the overall number of deaths linked to firearms, including suicides, has dropped rapidly in Australia over the past two decades. Image: Some of more than 30,000 firearms seized in Sydney under a 2004 Firearms Amnesty and Handgun Buyback (AAP)

One of the lead authors of the study, Professor Simon Chapman, says there are clear lessons for other countries in the Australian experience.