Bait and Switch: Fact Checking Australia’s Gun Laws And Crime Statistics

Politi-Fake is still at it, debunking a claim that homicides increased after Australia post-Port Arthur Massacre ban Viral post is wrong about Australia’s gun laws, violent crime statistics The post inaccurately says that one year after the buyback, homicides went up 6.2%, assaults went up 9.6% and armed robberies went up 44%. It also says … Read more

Avoid Getting Shot, Come to Australia!

“In Australia, it took one mass shooting in Port Arthur in 1996, where 35 people were killed, for the country to do something concrete about gun reform. The government adopted tighter gun control, banned semiautomatic weapons and started a mandatory gun buyback program. “The United States, meanwhile, has an average of nine mass shootings every … Read more

Australian Media Frames Easing Gun Control As A “Kick in the Face” To Survivors

The Australian media was of the major proponents of the extreme firearm restrictions put in place in 1996 after the Port Arthur shooting. Today, despite the fact that the restrictions have been shown to be largely ineffective, the media fight against any attempt at reform. So the headline of a post today at tenderly.com.au shouldn’t … Read more

US Gun Controllers May Want to Rethink Using Australia As An Example

Australia was shocked this week as a mass shooting took place at a farm near the town of Margaret River in Western Australia. Seven members of a family are dead, three adults and four children in what appears to have been a murder-suicide. What exactly happened may never be known. But it’s been claimed by … Read more

Seven Dead in Western Australia Mass Shooting. Yes, Mass Shooting.

‘Seven people found dead in mass Western Australia tragedy in a home near Margaret River.’ How awful. But what caused this tragedy? Was it a traffic accident? A carbon monoxide leak or a house fire? No. The cryptic “tragedy” that happened in the Western Australia town of Osmington was a mass shooting. A FAMILY of … Read more