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Australia’s gun laws are a lesson, not a miracle The plaque at Port Arthur is quiet. The politics around it is not. For a generation, Australia has been held up as the world’s tidy case study in gun control: tragedy, decisive action, problem solved. The story is potent because it is simple. The data, as usual, is not. In the weeks after the 1996 massacre, Canberra and the states struck the…

Policy, not magic: Australia’s experience shows what sustained reforms can do after tragedy. What do the numbers say since the NFA—and what lessons actually travel? #Australia #CrimeStatistics #GunControl #MassShootings #NationalFirearmsAgreement

Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

To those lobbying for ‘looser’ gun laws and weakening the #NationalFirearmsAgreement I say, “we will meet you at the Ballot Box”

We’ll see who is winning.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...