Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
This is what happened when Australia
introduced tight gun controls
Another massacre in America. This time it took
place in a historic church and took nine church goers lives. How many such
tragic incidents are needed to take actions in a country where law and justice
are usually respected and enforced?
The problem is that gun ownership is
guaranteed in the constitution. Any change in constitution or its amendment requires
the approval of three-fourths of the states, or 38 of the 50 states, not to
mention the challenges in the congress and by the powerful
five-million-membership National Rifle Association.
However, there is a success story they
could learn in a country that shares the same roots as America.
Australia had had serious gun crimes until
1996 when it introduced decisive measures to reduce the number of firearms and
ban imports of military-style rifles after a massacre of 39 people in Tasmania.
After the measures took place including gun buybacks, voluntary surrenders and
state gun amnesties, Australia collected and destroyed more than a million firearms.
The results? Enjoy reading and find what
America could learn from the act Aussies took after just one massacre.
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