The Argument For Gun Control In Australia

The argument for gun control is one that has caused no small amount of turmoil in both political and average societal conversation. All sides have some very valid arguments. In my personal opinion, gun control does and would work. This has been shown in many foreign countries. However, none as plainly as Australia. Australia's history of gun control is relatively recent and draws the best argument for gun control in the U.S., especially when based on the proportionate change compared between Australia and ourselves. First, however, you have to tell the story of how Australia came to have gun control laws which have, quite literally, resulted in the end of mass shootings. On April twenty eighth nineteen ninety six, a mentally disturbed twenty eight year old caucasian male entered a tourist spot in Port Arthur. He proceed to open fire in the area and killed twenty people in ninety seconds. At the end of the incident he had killed thirty five people and injured eighteen more all with a semi automatic rifle. This started what might …show more content…
In addition to the homicide decrease, suicides by firearm dropped a startling eighty percent. Similarly, the mass shootings in Australia did something amazing; they completely and totally stopped. Since then there hasn't been a single mass shooting. This, however, doesn’t necessarily give evidence that these statistics would be mirrored in the United States, but the numbers would certainly drop. People use analogies like “ If we want drugs to never be used why, let's make those illegal!” with the confidence of someone saying something intelligent. In fact, we did make them illegal and the consumption of drugs did in fact fall, reducing the number of drugs taken in and the number of deaths as a result of taking drugs. This also improved the quality of life for people in drug plagued