An Australian politician made a comment years before Port Arthur. He said something like 'The only way there will be gun control in Aus is if there is a mass shooting in Tasmania' (paraphrasing...sources for anything Port Arthur are hard to find as it happened before the internet existed).
Also there were rumours that the Prime Minister at the time already had the gun ban legislation ready to go. The entire ban went into effect within weeks of the shooting. There was no way they couldve done all the legal leg-work in that short amount of time.
They both happened in '96. Only one month apart.
An Australian politician made a comment years before Port Arthur. He said something like 'The only way there will be gun control in Aus is if there is a mass shooting in Tasmania' (paraphrasing...sources for anything Port Arthur are hard to find as it happened before the internet existed).
Also there were rumours that the Prime Minister at the time already had the gun ban legislation ready to go. The entire ban went into effect within weeks of the shooting. There was no way they couldve done all the legal leg-work in that short amount of time.