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The Way of the Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of Firearms

by Iain Overton  · 15 Apr 2015  · 436pp  · 125,809 words

.21 Despite this, we still fixate on the mental oddities of these troubled men. We comment on the fact Martin Bryant, who carried out the Port Arthur massacre in Australia, was really into the soundtrack of the Lion King.22 We write how Adam Lanza, the young man who murdered so many children

2002 led to the screening of buyers under the age of twenty-five for psychological concerns.75 And in the mid 1990s in Australia, the Port Arthur massacre led the Conservative government to ban automatic and semi-automatic weapons as well as initiate a nationwide gun buyback scheme.76 These laws worked. Firearm

Confronting Gun Violence in America

by Thomas Gabor  · 12 Sep 2016

of government, a gun culture, and an influential gun lobby. Australia’s reforms occurred due to determined national leadership and an outraged public following the Port Arthur massacre. The reluctance of American politicians to commit themselves fully to major gun law reform, combined with the deep divide in public opinion with regard to

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

by Hannah Gadsby  · 15 Mar 2022  · 373pp  · 132,377 words

, I had seen “this” when my eye and mind finally caught the drift of the breaking news coverage of what would become known as the Port Arthur Massacre. If you are curious about the specifics of this event, you should look it up. I don’t really want to porn it out for