The year 2021 marked the 25th 'anniversary' of
the
Port Arthur Massacre – the day Martin Bryant killed
35 people and left 18 people injured in a mass shooting undertaken
with a gun he bought without a license.
It was a day that shocked Australia, and changed the course of
history in many ways.
New firearm
laws
At the time, newly minted Prime Minister John Howard was so
intent that such a tragedy should never happen again, that he
implemented, very quickly, a range of new firearm control laws in
Australia.
While these laws are enacted on a state and territory basis,
Prime Minister Howard elicited co-operation and unity from the
states and territories that laws would be uniform across the nation
through three important agreements:
