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[–] cosmic_climb 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This. Off the top of my head, there are many other reasons why it works here and why it never would in the US. Australia has secure borders, more sparse population distribution, almost no government subsidies for city dwelling (the well-off live in the cities), a relatively thorough welfare system, relatively few blacks, a more homogenous culture (east and west coast are not much different) and non-whites consist mostly of Asians, Indians, Polynesians and Lebanese. Basically the community is more cohesive and united. People are still shot all the time, but it's mostly criminals shooting each other. My sister in law was an ER nurse at the largest hospital in Australia for 8 years. She said gunshot wounds are common, much more than the news would have you believe.