1. Slides in memory of BU PhD student Lu Lingzi Also wishing for the speedy recovery of BU PhD student Zhou Danling Randall P. Ellis Boston University April 22, 2013

2. Australian Gun Control Law 1996
In 1996, 12 days after 35 people were killed and 18 people seriously wounded by a single person with a semiautomatic gun, the Australian state and federal government enacted uniform gun control laws
Banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotguns
Purchased back 643,726 newly prohibited guns
More than 60,000 guns voluntarily turned in
Overall more than 700,000 guns recovered from 12 million Australians
Mandatory registration of all firearms
Private sales of guns banned
Police review of every gun transfer by licensed dealers, looking for a legitimate reason for purchase
Chapman, S, Alpers, P, Agho, K, Jones, M. (2006) “Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings.” Injury Prevention 12:365–372

3. Mass Killings in Australia (deaths ≥5) 1979-2006
“Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. “ Chapman, S, Alpers, P, Agho, K, Jones, M. Injury Prevention 2006; 12:365–372
Mass Killings in Australia (deaths ≥5)

4. “Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. “ Chapman, S, Alpers, P, Agho, K, Jones, M. Injury Prevention 2006; 12:365–372

5. Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per , Australia 1979– Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)

6. Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per , Australia 1979– Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)

7. Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)
Figure 1 (A–G) Total firearm deaths (excluding ‘‘legal intervention’’ (police shootings)), firearm homicides and suicides, unintentional firearm deaths, total homicides and suicides; rates per , Australia 1979– Note that the total firearm deaths include deaths of undetermined intent as shown in table 2
Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)

8. Source: Chapman, Alpers, Agho and Jones (2006)

10. In the US, both the CDC and the NIH agencies are currently prohibited from funding research on the health effects of guns
Sources: Branas, C., Wiebe, D., Schwab, C. & Richmond, T. (2005) Getting past the “f” word in federally funded public health research, Injury Prevention 11(3): Calculated updated numbers for for cholera and rabies using average case occurrences per year

11. Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi: /jamainternmed Published online March 6, 2013 Free online

12. Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi: /jamainternmed Published online March 6, 2013 Free online

13. Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi: /jamainternmed Published online March 6, 2013 Free online

14. Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States Eric W. Fleegler, MD, MPH; Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH; Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD; David Hemenway, PhD; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-9. doi: /jamainternmed Published online March 6, 2013 Free online

15. Something can be done about firearm violence and mass killings.
It will take political leadership
Or public action