can i correct some misconceptions?

i am from australia.

australia has ALWAYS had very tough gun control laws restricting who can have a gun, what sort of gun, how it must be kept, how much ammunition one can have, some of the tightest gun control laws in the world.

a few years ago they were made even tighter, specifically to remove any kind of semiautomatic weapon and handguns, which were essentially banned completely.

the crime rate DID NOT CHANGE.

anyone who says it did is either misinformed or deliberately decieving you.

from my position outside the US of A, your gun laws are insane. your homicide rate is higher, domestic murder rate higher, suicide rate higher, accidental shooting rate higher, why do you tolerate it?