We owe it to Port Arthur’s victims to keep gun laws tight

Tragically, the leadership came too late to save the 35 people killed by a lone gunman armed with a military rifle who shot them at close range at the Port Arthur penal colony in Tasmania on Sunday, April 28 that year.Nonetheless, state and territory leaders displayed courage by doing the right thing, even though they knew it would infuriate the powerful shooters lobby, and alienate ordinary citizens who had never done anything wrong, and were upset at losing their legitimately-held weapons.The…



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