Shooting of the Day
Shooting of the Day
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We had similar gun laws in Australia as in the USA. Apparently from the early 80's until 1996, we had about 15 mass shootings in Australia. In that period America had 21 (these are rough figures - I can't remember what it was exactly!). Quite scary when you consider the population much lower than America's.
The Australian government staged a buy-back of weapons and banned assault rifles from public sale, after a mass-shooting in Tasmania in 1996 where 35 people were killed and 23 wounded.
Since 1997 Australia has had no mass shootings.
It does make a difference - you have to have a holistic approach though. Address the mental health issues - but FFS, what private citizen NEEDS semi-automatic weapons?!?!?