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spanone

(142,107 posts)
29. austrailia 1996
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 12:13 AM
Feb 2018
In 1996, Australia passed the National Firearms Agreement after a mass shooting in Tasmania in April of that year. In that incident, a 28-year-old man, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, shot and killed 35 people, and injured 18 others, in what was known as the Port Arthur Massacre.

Under the 1996 law, Australia banned certain semi-automatic, self-loading rifles and shotguns, and imposed stricter licensing and registration requirements. It also instituted a mandatory buyback program for firearms banned by the 1996 law.

During the buyback program, Australians sold 640,000 prohibited firearms to the government, and voluntarily surrendered about 60,000 non-prohibited firearms. In all, more than 700,000 weapons were surrendered, according to a Library of Congress report on Australian gun policy. One study says that the program reduced the number of guns in private hands by 20 percent.

In 2002, Australia further tightened gun laws, restricting the caliber, barrel length and capacity for sport shooting handguns.


https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/gun-control-australia-updated/

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As others have mentioned it's about the size Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #1
It doesn't take much tech to make a bullet -- or smarts. Freelancer Feb 2018 #26
There are many things that need to be done. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #2
I agree with the lack of mental health help..... USALiberal Feb 2018 #6
Ban on any magazine holding over five rounds on long guns Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #3
Collecting the current magazines would be illegal I assume. Not sure. nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #12
I had suggested before the banning of newly manufactured and imported magazines Kaleva Feb 2018 #33
Come on, there are all kinds of models of gun control. Canada, Australia, all of Europe. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #4
We have a 2nd, they do not..... USALiberal Feb 2018 #8
The 2nd has been written and interpreted by people. It can be reinterpreted for the 21st century Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #16
"all" that is needed is will hfojvt Feb 2018 #25
that is true, but demand is a reality that can not be ignored; just like the War on Drugs; TheFrenchRazor Feb 2018 #31
Demand and will reunited Germany. Gun control is peanuts compared to that. One example. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #34
IMHO they are already revolting. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #22
2nd amendment does not guarantee the right to own WMDs uponit7771 Feb 2018 #39
Start here...it would make it much harder... Sancho Feb 2018 #5
Nice post! Thank you for the details. I 100% agree with tracking owners also!! nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #10
Great ideas. I'm glad you differentiate between mental illnesses of all kinds and those Sophia4 Feb 2018 #15
If you have to do a vision test at the DMV to get a driver's license... Sancho Feb 2018 #23
Thanks for sharing- very reasonable approach YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #45
Annual psychological reviews on gun owners. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #7
Well, banning guns and collecting them... sfwriter Feb 2018 #9
It seems that the average gun owner of today is a world different from the average Squinch Feb 2018 #11
So true, so different now. And the NRA scares the shit out of their idiotic members. nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #14
No they don't scare them. They give them cover to express their desire to kill the uppity people Squinch Feb 2018 #18
Most guys that really hunt are still like that. Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #19
And the average gun owner 250 years ago when the BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #21
Requiring a "need to own"? moondust Feb 2018 #13
There is no solution short of melting the motherfuckers to slag. Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #17
Let me add to my above answer: really want to ban guns? Have every black man in the country Squinch Feb 2018 #20
Anyone gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #24
Since these shootings are almost invariably done by white males, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #27
Small correction GaryCnf Feb 2018 #28
austrailia 1996 spanone Feb 2018 #29
Re-interpretating the 2nd amendment. Correctly this time. nt marybourg Feb 2018 #30
Your second sentence isn't entirely correct Kaleva Feb 2018 #32
"Normal hunting rifles" don't have 30-round magazines Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #35
We cant stop all mass killings but we can reduce the number of them wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #36
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #38
1. Billboards with massive amount of non-whites with assault devices 2. Permits and licenses for WMD uponit7771 Feb 2018 #37
Havta start with magazines imo. Adrahil Feb 2018 #40
Ban the manufacture, import, and sale of new firearms, parts, and ammo samir.g Feb 2018 #41
Outlaw the ammunition... GReedDiamond Feb 2018 #42
I still say walk through metal things at door marlakay Feb 2018 #43
Make it HARDER to legally obtain weapons that can kill dozens of people in seconds. nt pnwmom Feb 2018 #44
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