Air guns are not toys; in fact, they are so dangerous that many injuries caused by air guns result in victims being hospitalized, UPI reported Sept. 8. A study at Columbus, Ohio's Children's Hospital found that 42 percent of children who showed up at the emergency room with air-gun injuries needed to be admitted for treatment. Between 1988 and 1995, 162 children came to the hospital with injuries caused by air guns. Of these, 13 had permanent eye injuries, and two... (GunPolicy.org)

Armed robbery explosion in Australia; murder, assault, home invasion all up since new gun laws. The West Australian, July 4,1998, (just to hand !). 'Police admit there is nothing they can do to try to uncover unlicensed and unregistered guns … One of the States senior police officers, Supt. Steve Robbins of the firearms branch, said it was impossible to estimate how many people were keeping guns illegally and said there was little police could do to try and find... (GunPolicy.org)