Following the Port Arthur incident in 1996, the government imposed mandatory gun confiscation on the people of Australia. The leaders of that country slammed their podiums, claiming that forced confiscations were required to stop gun homicides, especially mass murders. Since then, proponents of gun control have described it as “extremely successful in terms of lives saved.”
From the Pennsylvania Capital Star:
Let’s move to Australia, where they confiscate weapons of mass murder
The Australian reform law has been, in the words of a 2011 Harvard study, ‘incredibly successful in terms of lives saved’
Despite the widespread confiscation of nearly all firearms—not just “weapons of mass murder”—six people—including two young police officers—were shot to death during a standoff on Monday night.
Nathaniel Train, a former school administrator, was one of the suspects. In the end, he, his brother, and his sister-in-law were all fatally shot by police. About how the trio got their weapons and ammo, the most of which have been long prohibited in Oz, the police are mum.
Police arrived at a rural location to check on Mr. Train’s welfare when the incident started. Two were immediately shot. Two more people just barely survive.
Six people— including two cops – killed in Australia shooting https://t.co/j15y8HGAEZ pic.twitter.com/pf20SOL2Tw
— New York Post (@nypost) December 13, 2022
From the New York Post . . .
Six people, including two cops, were killed in an hourslong standoff in a remote area of Australia on Monday night.
Four officers from the Tara Police Station had arrived to a property in rural Wieambilla in Queensland around 4:45 p.m. to investigate a report of a missing person, Queensland Police confirmed early Tuesday.
Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were shot and killed as they approached the address, authorities said. A third officer was injured.
The shooting gave way to six-hour siege, during which the suspects killed neighbor Alan Sure, 58, who came over to investigate the commotion, officials said.
One thing’s for certain: expect the American media and gun control advocates to cover this story. With a pillow. It directly contradicts the narrative of the success of the kinds of “solutions” to “gun violence” the anti-gun left and the media (BIRM) push so hard.