The number of mass shootings in Australia—
defined as incidents in which a gunman killed five or more people other than himself, which is notably a higher casualty count than
is generally applied for tallying mass shootings in the U.S.—
droppedfrom 13 in the 18-year period before 1996 to zero after the Port Arthur massacre. Between 1995 and 2006, gun-related homicides and suicides in the country dropped by 59 percent and 65 percent, respectively, though these declines appear to have
since leveled off. Two academics who have studied the impact of the reform initiative estimate that the gun-buyback program saves at least 200 lives each year, according to
The New York Times.
I have many Aussie friends that can second that...ever bee.n there? New Zealand? Especially the latter hardly any guns, they leave their doors open in most parts of the country, if people get pissed they get ina fist fight...for gods most countries don't have this madness follow their footsteps and ban guns.