uring his Tumblr Q&A Tuesday, President Obama hailed Australia’s confiscation of firearms following the 1996 Port Arthur shootings: “Couple of decades ago, Australia had a mass shooting, similar to Columbine or Newtown. And Australia just said, well, that’s it, we’re not doing, we’re not seeing that again, and basically imposed very severe, tough gun laws, and they haven’t had a mass shooting since. Our levels of gun violence are off the charts.There’s no advanced, developed country that would put up with this.” The Port Arthur Massacre had Martin Bryant, a 28-year-old from New Town, shoot and kill 35 people and wound 23. Predictably, Obama praised a government that forced its citizens to give up their guns because of a national tragedy. Charles Cooke of National Review summed up the real message behind Obama’s praise of Australia perfectly:
This is a test....what town was this the most famous aussy shooter from?...after which they banned guns?
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uring his Tumblr Q&A Tuesday, President Obama hailed Australia’s confiscation of firearms following the 1996 Port Arthur shootings: “Couple of decades ago, Australia had a mass shooting, similar to Columbine or Newtown. And Australia just said, well, that’s it, we’re not doing, we’re not seeing that again, and basically imposed very severe, tough gun laws, and they haven’t had a mass shooting since. Our levels of gun violence are off the charts.There’s no advanced, developed country that would put up with this.” The Port Arthur Massacre had Martin Bryant, a 28-year-old from New Town, shoot and kill 35 people and wound 23. Predictably, Obama praised a government that forced its citizens to give up their guns because of a national tragedy. Charles Cooke of National Review summed up the real message behind Obama’s praise of Australia perfectly:
This is a test....what town was this the most famous aussy shooter from?...after which they banned guns?
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