Gun Control Australia

After two years, can we say that the gun buy-back has been successful?

"Despite claims to the contrary, the gun buy-back scheme appears to have been worthwhile", said John Crook, president of Gun Control Australia. The Port Arthur gun laws affected high power guns only and were primarily designed to reduce the number of gun massacres. Although a longer time is needed to be sure, the results of the last two and a half years since the new laws, give us cause for hope. Since the start of the buy-back there has only been two shootings in which three have died. The a...