Gun control, what Australia got right (and wrong), Tom Frame
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Label
Gun control, what Australia got right (and wrong), Tom Frame
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Gun control
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Tom Frame
Sub title
what Australia got right (and wrong)
Summary
What can the rest of the world learn from Australian gun control reform? And how might we improve it? In the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996 -- when a gunman killed 35 people and injured another 23 at a popular Tasmanian tourist attraction -- John Howard, a conservative prime minister who had been in office for just six weeks, moved swiftly to transform Australia's lax firearm laws. The National Firearms Agreement, produced just twelve days after the massacre, with support from all levels of government and across the political divide, is now held up around the world as a model for gun control. This book analyses whether the Australian Government achieved its intention, and what it might have done in response to the massacre, and didn't
Target audience
adult
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