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Fact Check: Have firearm homicides and suicides dropped since Port Arthur as a result of John Howard's reforms?
Publisher
Liberal Party of Australia
Homicide
Suicide
Gun control
Description
Nearly twenty years after the Port Arthur massacre, John Howard, the prime minister who overhauled gun laws, claims they led to significant falls in gun-related homicides and a 74 per cent fall in gun-related suicide rates.
Verdict: Not cut and dried
Publication Details
Copyright:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2016
License type:
All Rights Reserved
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
26 May 2020
