Australia and the Port Arthur Massacre

The australian government introduced the national firearms agreement, legislation that outlawed automatic and semi automatic rifles. The nation wide gun biback scheme and gun amnesty saw more than 600 and forty thousand weapons turned to authorities. Prime minister john howard faced political and public resistance to the laws after just three months as a country's leader. Howard persisted with introducing the laws and went on to win that election and lead australia for more than a decade. He cons s the gun reforms as a key part of his legacy.