Since Martin Bryant’s massacre on Port Arthur, the legal system in Australia is amended and reformed gun laws to create a more effective legislation. Gun-related deaths have since been drawn to more efficient attention in Australian psyche, whilst the issue of gun-laws on a global level still remains as a conspiracy in many countries. The massacre left the Australian nation in shock, with a heavily involved attitude on behalf of local and national police, and thousands devastated at the aftermath
Sunday the 28th of April 1966, the largest gun massacre by a civilian - anywhere in the world - occurred on home soil, at the popular historic tourist site- Port Arthur, Tasmania. During the peak time lunch hour at Broad Arrow Café a lone figure entered, ordered and ate a big lunch, reached into his bag and withdrew two military-style semi-automatic rifles and started indiscriminately shooting, at staff and tourists. The range of guns used by the Port Arthur murderer- Martin Bryant, were designed for
Martin Cash Early Life Martin Cash was baptised on the 10 October 1808 at Enniscorthy, County Wexford in Ireland. He was George and Margaret Cash, and came from a rather wealthy family. He was literate and had a reasonable education. However, his father was indolent and the boy's education was often neglected. Until Cash was 18, he worked as a farm labourer next door. He also began courting the young woman who lived there, Mary. Mary earned a living by making straw hats and bonnets, and her family
Japan towards the year 1905 became a very powerful military power capable of carving out its own empire for itself. This power is still in act and very strong to present date. This is due to the Meiji Restoration and Japans military development, the war with China and the Anglo-Japanese alliance and Russo-Japanese War. The Meiji restoration was a revolution within Japans political and social system in 1866 to 1869. This over through the power of the Tokugawa shogun returning political power back
In the United States there have been 142 school shootings since 2013. In Australia there has never been a school shooting. “A school shooting is a form of mass shooting involving a gun attack on an educational institution, such as a school or university”(Wikipedia). According to the United States Secret Service, a school shooting is where the school is purposely planned and selected as the location for the attack. A school shooting may occur between any individual, student, instructor, administrator
shootings with 35 dead and 23 wounded. The shooter, Martin Bryant, “paid cash for gun at local dealer” (Grimson, “Port Arthur Massacre: The Shooting Spree That Changed Australia's Gun Laws”). After this tragedy, the Australian government issued the National Firearms Agreement. This agreement “outlawed automatic and semi-automatic rifles, as well as pump-action shotguns” (Grimson, “Port Arthur Massacre: The Shooting Spree That Changed Australia's Gun Laws’). They also took away guns and made it harder to buy
76 people and injured a further 92 in two separate locations. How can someone face such a short sentence, when they premeditated to end the lives of innocent people? So, can the Norwegian punishment really fit the crime? On the local front, in Port Arthur, on 28th April 1996, Australia’s most ruthless killing spree took place, which resulted in 20 people laying dead on the ground in less than a minute. However, instead of being executed as I believed he rightfully deserved, Martin Bryant, the convicted
for America to change its ways. America. The Land of freedom. Maybe even too free. Especially with their gun laws. Well known for their gun massacres and school shootings and one of the main causes of this problem is because America is the only country in the world to relax gun laws after gun massacres. An example of this is the 1991 Texas diner massacre when a local man collided his truck into a diner then progressed to open fire and murder 22 people. Texas state responded by authorizing 93 laws
had a horrific mass shooting, the Port Arthur massacre, where 35 people were killed by a gunman, Martin Bryant, using semi-automatic weapons. The Prime Minister of Australia at the time, John Howard, said of the massacre, “We have an opportunity in this country not to go down the American path.” Then he led the country into radically changing Australia’s gun laws, enacting some of the most comprehensive firearm laws in the world. Less than two weeks after Port Arthur, all six Australian states agreed
can easily be established. If the American Government improves this single factor, it is guaranteed that there will be improvement. In fact, this adjustment has been proved successful in Australia. In the 18 years before the Port Arthur tragedy of 1996, there were 13 gun massacres that occurred (Datz). The Government recognized that there was a fault in the system, and so, a mandatory buyback of all semi-automatic long guns was ordered. Alongside, laws regarding purchase of firearms were modified to
of innocent people. Since 1996 Australia’s number of gun related deaths has decreased from 634 people a year to 226, which is a drop of 63%. This huge drop in gun related deaths is due to new legislation which was put in place due to the Port Arthur massacre where Martin Bryant cruelly killed 35 people and injured 23. This new legislation involved a gun buy-back scheme where people who owned now illegal guns were paid compensation and their firearms were taken and destroyed. Over a period of 7
exclusion of amendments, the United States government have been unable to address the issue of gun control, resulting in gun massacres. In contrast, Australia’s legal system uphold the right to enable the people to change the constitution via a referendum under s.128. Furthermore the conventions of responsible government protects our rights: after the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre, gun legislation was significantly reformed as the views of Australian towards gun control changed and the Australian legal
Meanwhile, in the US, 27 people, including 20 first graders, were shot and killed in December 2013 in the Sandy Hook massacre and we are yet to see any laws designed to prevent another tragedy like it. There have been talks of new restrictions but nothing on the federal level has been done yet. If the death of 20 innocent children was not enough to fight for gun control
purchase a gun. That is all it takes. A small arms survey taken suggested that 42 percent of all guns owned in the world were indeed owned by American civilians. Where are the Laws? Where is the legislation? On account of the horrific mass murder of Port Arthur, the Australian government conclusively and successfully banned firearms as depicted within John Howard’s ‘National Firearms Agreement’ in 1988. This undoubtedly prevented the possible deadly pattern that plagues the US from occurring on Australian
Bang the kid is dead and it's because the parents did not put up there gun. This is why we should not give kids guns. About 10,000 kids under the age of 14 die a year. Others might say kids need guns for self defence. It is absolutely important kids have no access to guns because, it's deadly, it could get in the wrong hands, and they are too young to risk their life. The first reason kids should not have guns is it is harmful to kids.Others often argue kids should have guns for self defence purposes
de-humanization of modern men and women, and the loss of humane values in a society dedicated to technological progress." (Modern Stories, p. 408) The Barnhouse Effect is a name that is created by the press. The press came up with this name from Professor Arthur Barnhouse’s character in the "Barnhouse Effect." They call the professor’s phenomenon the barnhouse effect. Professor Barnhouse, had come up with a different name for his phenomenon. He called it the "Dynamopsychian." "Dynamopsychian means force
The current version of the Weapons Act 1990 (Qld) (the Act) aims to summarise and detail the laws regarding carrying, possessing and selling weapons. The purpose of the act is to prevent misuse of the weapons and related purposes. The legislation intends to enforce safe weapon use and emphasis that possession of weapons is a danger to individual safety. In addition to this, the legislation aims to place strict controls on the storage of weapons to ensure greater safety. As this legislation has been
War scouring China in search of Opium abusers, dealers and those who stored it rather than attacking the problem at the source, which was the importation of it. He is cited being criticized by Chi-San who remarked “Instead of organizing a wholesale massacre of opium smokers...the proper course would be to take efficient steps to prevent import of opium (Waley, 121).” Zhexu, who was undoubtedly an intelligent man, became so focused on stopping the use of opium by his people and wrapped up in sadly to
in rural areas. His party's coalition partner in those areas suffered in subsequent elections. But the majority of Australians, shocked by the mass killing, backed action. Sound familiar? And the best part: it worked. In the years after the Port Arthur slaughter, the danger of biting the dust by shot in Australia fell by over half - and remained there. A recent report by Andrew Leigh of Australian National University and Christine Neill of Wilfrid Laurier University likewise found the buyback
Contrary to popular belief, gun related violence is not one of the main causes of death in the United States. In fact, gun violence does not appear in the top ten leading causes of death. Nonetheless, gun violence is still a major problem in the U.S., and one that could be reduced with a fair bit of concern and better decision making. In 2014, the United States had a population of roughly 319 million people. A recent study revealed that an estimated 55 million American citizens are gun owners (Jervis)