http://www.sltrib.com/11091999/Commenta/45510.htm
In Australia, where strict new gun legislation was passed following a
1996 shooting rampage by a man who killed 35 people and wounded 19
others, gun-related crime has increased. According to the Australian
Bureau of Statistics, the number of armed robberies went up 39 percent
last year and assaults involving guns rose 28 percent. Gun murders
increased 19 percent. In addition to laws so strict that Olympic
shooters must leave the country in order to practice, an expensive gun
buy-back program resulted in 640,000 guns being turned in to
authorities. The cost of the program averaged $57 per Australian. Still,
gun crime is up. Prior to the new gun laws, crime in Australia was in
decline.