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Even as Lott pointed to Germany as an example of gun laws going awry, supporters of regulation are saying Australia — which has seen no mass shootings since the country banned semi-automatic weapons in 1996 — provides a better example for re-configuring U.S. gun policy. The ban was inspired by the Port Arthur Massacre, in which a 28-year-old man killed 35 people with several semi-automatic rifles.
However, even his country’s success in curbing gun violence, former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer told ABC News Austraila Monday, hasn’t helped him sell that message to his American counterparts
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