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by bitwize 3853 days ago
Going back to 1996, there have been zero fatalities in Australia due to mass shootings -- as well as fewer shootings, and fewer homicides and suicides overall.

Why?

1996 was the year the Australians banned guns.

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I've read, without checking it out, that methods simply switched to things like arson. Which I'll note was used in the 2 worst US mass murders of this sort.

The problem is not the tools but the people.