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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 5275173" data-attributes="member: 56035">the guns end up in forgien countries which causes problems.&nbsp; theres no other country like you:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country[/URL]you have double the #2 country, 3 to 4x as much as canada&quot;AMY GOODMAN: That’s a rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by the Scottish musician Ted Christopher, a tribute to the 1996 Dunblane Primary School shooting in Scotland, when a gunman shot dead 16 children, ages 5 and 6, and a teacher. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.K. history. After the shooting, the U.K. changed its gun laws. There hasn’t been a school shooting there since.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/26/uvalde_texas_robb_elementary_school_gun#transcript[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/26/1996_port_arthur_mass_shooting_australia[/URL]&quot;After the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting, Australia passed sweeping new gun control measures that largely ended mass shootings in the country. We speak with Rebecca Peters, an international arms control advocate who led the campaign to reform Australia’s gun laws after the massacre. She recalls how in just 10 days the prime minister brokered a deal with local officials to pass higher standards around gun safety that would prevent any mass shootings for the next 20 years. “We don’t think at all about the possibility of being murdered as we go about our daily lives in Australia,” says Peters.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 5275173, member: 56035"] the guns end up in forgien countries which causes problems. theres no other country like you: [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country[/URL] you have double the #2 country, 3 to 4x as much as canada "[B]AMY GOODMAN:[/B] That’s a rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by the Scottish musician Ted Christopher, a tribute to the 1996 Dunblane Primary School shooting in Scotland, when a gunman shot dead 16 children, ages 5 and 6, and a teacher. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.K. history. After the shooting, the U.K. changed its gun laws. There hasn’t been a school shooting there since." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/26/uvalde_texas_robb_elementary_school_gun#transcript[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/26/1996_port_arthur_mass_shooting_australia[/URL] "After the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting, Australia passed sweeping new gun control measures that largely ended mass shootings in the country. We speak with Rebecca Peters, an international arms control advocate who led the campaign to reform Australia’s gun laws after the massacre. She recalls how in just 10 days the prime minister brokered a deal with local officials to pass higher standards around gun safety that would prevent any mass shootings for the next 20 years. “We don’t think at all about the possibility of being murdered as we go about our daily lives in Australia,” says Peters." [/QUOTE]

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