For almost six months GCA has been barraged by e-mails from the US claimingthat Australia is in the grip of a crime wave caused by the absence of guns for people to defend themselves. Because of this 'crime wave' it is claimed that the post-Port Arthur gun laws have been a waste of public money, completely unsuccessful in their attempt to create a safer Australia, and that US politicians must learn from the horrid Australian experience.
When introducing the new gun laws in 1996 the prime mini...
