After the Port Arthur mass shooting of 1996, during which 35 people were murdered and 23 wounded in the deadliest massacre in modern Australian history, Australia enforced what was celebrated by anti-gun advocates as the gold standard of gun laws, “among the most stringent — and effective — in the world,” as the Guardian put it.

“In an almost unprecedented display of national collaboration, the federal government worked with the states to restrict semiautomatic weapons, toughen up licensing requirements, and introduce a new requirement for gun holders to demonstrate a ‘genuine reason’ for ownership,” the left-wing outlet

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