Australia is often held as a model for gun control. That doesn’t make it immune to mass shootings.But they don't have mass shootings anymore of the kind that brought on the ban.
A mass shooting near Margaret River, Australia, in the small village of Osmington, left a family of seven, including four children, dead. It’s the worst mass shooting in Australia since 1996, when a gunman in Port Arthur killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at a cafe.
Police found the family dead of gunshot wounds on Friday. Police have not confirmed whether the shooting was a murder-suicide, according to the Associated Press, but the authorities are not looking for a suspect.
The shooting has drawn attention in the US because Australia is often touted in America as a success story for gun control. Conservatives on social media quickly pointed to the mass shooting as evidence gun control does not work.
In an article for the Washington Examiner headlined “Despite gun control, Australia suffers worst mass shooting since 1996,” Siraj Hashmi wrote that “while some data suggest that super-strict gun control has cut down on gun violence and gun-related deaths in some cases, there’s still no guarantee that you’re safe.”
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stjames1_53 (02-26-2019)
If the Assuies want to demascline themselves, that is on them. Not sure what that has to do with the US. We can and will continue to protect ours with firearms.
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The OP is a nice meme, but I doubt its accuracy.
For instance, the stat about the UK reporting more violent crime is misleading. The UK and the US have different definitions of violent crime. The UK includes all robberies, all assaults and all rapes in their violent crime stats. The US does not include robbery and as to rape and assault, it must be aggravated to be included.