Reid Carter concludes the Port Arthur special with the political miracle that followed the massacre. May 10, 1996: Twelve days after thirty-five people died, Prime Minister John Howard announces the National Firearms Agreement. Ban on semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. National registry. Mandatory buyback. His own coalition nearly revolts. He wears a bulletproof vest to address angry gun owners. But Howard doesn't back down. Result: 650,000 guns destroyed. In the eighteen years before Port Arthur, Australia had thirteen mass shootings. In the twenty-nine years since, effectively none. Gun suicide down 57%. Gun homicide down 42%. It worked. America refuses to learn.
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