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emmaverybo

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6. Australians after the massacre at Port Arthur were not disarmed. Military-style weapons
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:37 PM
Jun 2019

were banned, that is, semi-automatic and self-loading weapons of the type to inflict mass casualties in a very short amount of time. Firearms had to be registered and owners licensed. In the 18 years before Port Arthur, Australia had had 13 fatal mass shootings.
Since, there has been an incident of a rural family shot dead.
I assume you consider a restriction on the type of gun one can own to be an order to disarm.
I am not trying to argue, just get the term straight.

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