Amy Goodman
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How Australia stopped mass shootings after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996
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March 18, 2019
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4:32Now PlayingAfter a 1996 mass shooting in Tasmania left 35 dead, Australia rapidly implemented gun-control legislation that banned semiautomatic rifles and shotguns. "Politicians had always been intimidated by the gun lobby and had been reluctant to do anything," says Australian gun-control advocate Rebecca Peters. "But in '96, we had a brand-new prime minister, and he said, 'I'm going to fix this.'”
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