Gun violence in America continues unabated

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2. When Australians gave back their guns

Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer warned Australians to “think twice” before traveling to the United States because you are “15 times more likely to be shot dead.”

“This is the bitter harvest and legacy of the policies of the National Rifle Association that even blocked background checks for people buying guns at gun shows,” Fischer said. “I am deeply angry about this because of the callous attitude of the three teenagers, but it’s a sign of the proliferation of guns on the ground in the U.S.A. There is a gun for almost every American.”

In 1996, after a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 18 others in Port Arthur, a former penal colony turned tourist attraction, Australians collectively decided not to follow what then-Prime Minister John Howard called “the American way” on guns.

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