Thursday, February 15, 2018

No Mass Shootings for Australia


Twenty-two years ago Australia banned guns once and for all when a man killed 35 people in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Mass shootings had been a major issue for Australia as within eighteen years prior, there had been thirteen fatal mass shootings in Australia. After the gun ban, As a result, casualties as a result of firearms were quickly lowering. According to "Journal of the American Medical Association, Australia has not experienced a fatal mass shooting - one in which five or more people are killed - since the 1996 shooting". Australia is living proof to other countries suffering from mass shootings, that gun control can save lives. [1 image, 1 quote, 1 link, 106 words]

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