Australia immediately responded to the tragic mass shooting by implementing strict gun control and passing the National Firearms Agreement and Buyback Program (NFABP). The NFABP banned many types of semi-automatic weapons and required a permit for each weapon with a twenty-eight-day waiting period. Additionally, Australia implemented a national firearms registration system, and placed restrictions on gun sales and ammunition. Only licensed firearm dealers could sell firearms and the amount of ammunition that could be sold was limited. Further, one seeking to own a firearm must be of minimum age eighteen, successfully complete a gun-safety course, provide a legitimate reason for owning a firearm—self-defense does not meet the legitimate
Over the last two decades, Australia’s firearm laws have undergone extensive reform, resulting from two main catalyst shootings. These shootings events are known as the 1996 Port Arthur massacre and the 2002 Monash University shooting (Baker, & McPhedran, 2007).
A strict gun control policy has a good impact on Canada. It protects society and lower homicide rates associated with guns. Not only that, it prevents dangerous people to get guns to some extent.
In Australia and America, gun control laws are very different, therefore, the populations of the two countries have different mindsets regarding gun control and violence. America’s gun control laws are based on history while Australia is more open to changing their laws. Because America’s gun control laws are stated in the Bill of Rights, the government is more reluctant to change them. Therefore, gun violence is more prevalent in the United States due to the higher prevalence of guns in general. However, Australia has altered its gun control laws as a result of a mass shooting and has not had any ever since.
This essay investigates the Australian gun laws and whether they are effective or not. In particular, with a focus on what the current gun laws are and how they have or have not worked also if they need to be updated. The current gun laws were first introduced by John Howard in 1997 after the mass shooting in Port Arthur where 35 people were killed and a further 18 injured on the 28th of April, 1996 (Sharpe, 2016), the laws were them further improved in 2002, after the Monash University shooting, where a commerce student with mental impairments came in to class armed with 6 loaded handguns, 2 students died and an additional 5 were injured (ABC News, 2015). It has been almost 20 years since the introduction of the current gun laws, the essay
Gun related deaths are among the highest cause of homicide. Gun violence has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Australia, however, is a country with little to none gun related incidents. After an event in 1996, John Howard created a gun reform, and gun-related homicide dropped drastically, compared to other countries worldwide. Mass shooting has become a frequently talked about subject on the news and social media. Some countries that has “rights to keep and bear arms” should consider having gun control--like Australia--to prevent future disasters.
Currently in the United states there are over 18,000 firearm laws in place. The first federally mandated firearm law was the National Firearm Act of 1934. This firearm act, which is still in place today, required a Federal Firearms License to be obtained by anyone in the business of buying, selling, and manufacturing firearms. The National Firearms Act also required all NFA firearms to be registered with the Secretary of the Treasury. NFA firearms at the creation of the NFA included rifles and shotguns with a barrel length under 18 inches, machine guns, and firearm silencers. To purchase any of these firearms a $200.00 tax was imposed on every transaction with one of these firearms in an effort to prevent criminals from purchasing such firearms as they were said to have been popular with the gangsters of that era. The Bureau of Alcohol tobacco and Firearms defines a machine gun as a firearm with select fire capabilities. Select fire means that the firearm has both full and semi automatic fire capabilities. Semi automatic means that for every one pull of the trigger, one bullet will be fired. Fully automatic means that for as long as the trigger is pulled, the firearms will continue to fire. On May 19th 1986, the Firearm Owners Protection Act prevented the sale and transfer of machine guns produced after May 1986. This provision excluded machine guns registered before May 1986 and machine guns sold to government agencies. With only
On a seemingly normal day on the 29th of April 1996, an average looking 28 year old male, Martin Bryant, ate lunch and approached a café in Port Arthur, Tasmania. The man pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag, relentlessly killing 35 innocent people and injuring another 23. The Port Arthur massacre was a pinnacle turning point in Australia’s history as the prime minister of the time, John Howard, introduced the National Firearms Agreement, banning all semi-automatic and automatic rifles alongside pump action shotguns http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/port-arthur-massacre-shooting-spree-changed-australia-gun-laws-n396476. Ever since the introduction of the National Firearms Agreement, Australian citizens have not been victims of mass shootings
Gun control is defined as the set of laws or policies that maintain regulation of the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification or use of firearms by civilians. There are an estimated total of 260 000 illegal guns on the street in Australia. Australia Border Force are finding 33 guns or firearm parts a week. The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) conducted an investigation into illegal firearms back in 2012. They estimated 10 000 illegal guns in the market. There were 2.75million registered guns held by 730 000 licence holders. In the 18 years prior to 1996 Australia experienced 13 mass shootings in which 104 victims were killed with at least 52 were wounded. Since the introduction of tougher gun control laws there have been no mass shootings since that time period.
The rise in cases of gun violence and related incidences of assault has drawn the public to the issue of guns and gun control. Such has been evident within the spheres of politics especially with the last election period seeing the incumbent president Donald Trump suggesting on stringent gun control laws. However, despite the acknowledgment of the need to have better gun laws, much ground and consensus has never reached. Such, to an extent, contributed to the current lack of political goodwill within the country to have the necessary legislations enacted to facilitate the same on the controls (Grandy 23). Of the guns under question are the assault rifles. Like the military weapons, assault rifles have a destructive potential to causing
In July of 2014, the public safety minister, Steven Blaney, announced the act of Bill C-42. This Bill will make it easier to obtain an assault weapon or handgun. The Coalition for Gun Control, in the past twenty years has been dedicated and determined to reduce the rate of deaths, violence and crimes associated with guns.("Coalition for Gun Control." Coalition for Gun Control. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.) The issue, however, is one from perspective. From where Canadians are, they probably don't feel any threat. When Canadians think about gun violence they will often refer to the states, and not even consider that we too have a problem within our own borders. Controlling firearms in Canada is primarily governed by the Firearms Act, the Criminal
Gun-control has been a controversy between Americans over the years and it has gotten to a point where it seems to divide Americans severely. It has been a controversy on whether or not the U.S. should establish tougher gun-control laws rather than preserve our current gun laws. The U.S. should establish tougher gun-control laws in order to put a stop to gun violence.
In 2015, there are have been 312 mass shootings all across the United States. Within the 312 mass shootings there has been 20 school shootings, including the Umpqua Community College shooting that just happened nearly a month ago. Both sides of the political spectrum cannot come with a Bi-partisanship agreement on guns. Even though Congress cannot decide whether or not to in act some type of gun control order what if gun control was not the answer?
In 1996 Australia had a mass shooting. Later that same year, they passed the National Firearms Agreement (NFA). There has not been a mass shooting since. The NFA called for Australian states and territories to regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms. This included a “ban on certain semi-automatic and self-loading rifles and shotguns, standard licensing and permit criteria, storage requirements and inspections, and greater restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition.”
Should there be gun control? Should there be restrictions on guns? No, there should not be gun control or a restriction on guns. Gun control laws don't deter crime; gun ownership deters crime. Also guns don't kill people, people kill people. There needs to be a person that thinks it's okay to kill a person to pull the trigger.
The legality of having guns and possessing firearms in the United States of America is well engraved within the Second Amendment of the nation’s constitution. However, the issue of gun regulation has remained a central topic in America’s public. Some people advocate for a total ban on gun possession, while others are totally against this idea. The shooting incident in Las Vegas weeks ago has raised controversial debates in the United States of America. In fact, the White House is concerned on the stand that President Trump will take on the issue of stricter gun laws. One of the cities that has gained the attention of both the legislators on this topic is Chicago. For its reputation for its low rate of gang arrests, lax punishments for gun law violations, and comparatively weak laws in accordance with surrounding states, it is justifiable to say that Chicago’s daily shootings are a clear indicator that strict state gun laws don’t work.