# Don't we have an obligation as a society to look at ways to curb gun violence?

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**Created:** [November 23, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871 "2012-11-23T04:16:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871/256 "2012-12-17T12:28:00Z")

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> [@bldysabba](#):
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> Some may dismiss this as anecodotal evidence, but there was a post on a separate thread which I can’t find now, about an academic research study done on Australia’s gun ban that showed pretty conclusively that it worked.

[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704353/)

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