![]() ![]() But really, you know, people die the same, whatever party they vote for. ![]() And in a sense, it’s easier for a conservative government to change the gun laws, because they are more - the conservative party was seen more as the natural ally of the gun lobby. We had just had a new government elected. And so, I suppose that the thing that happened was that the electoral - the electoral makeup of the government favored us at the time. But each time, the politicians had said, “Well, this shouldn’t be” - everyone agreed it shouldn’t be a party political issue, but neither of the major parties was prepared to move first. And each time, it was - there was an outcry, there was a lot of grief and anger and discussion about what should happen and pressure on the politicians. REBECCA PETERS: We had had, in those days, a series of massacres. You have a gun-loving nation, but the laws effectively ended mass shootings in Australia. She led the movement in Australia to change gun laws after a gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania on April 28th, 1996. AMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to go to Rebecca Peters. ![]()
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