Pro-Gun Activists Are Using Australias Latest Shooting To Mock The Countrys Gun Laws#5Hp

Pro-Gun Activists Are Using Australias Latest Shooting To Mock The Countrys Gun Laws Seven people, including four children, were found dead on a Western Australian property last week. The estranged father of the children, Aaron Cockman, told press on Sunday that police had told him the childrens grandfather, Peter Miles, had shot his daughter and four grandchildren, sleeping in their beds, before shooting his wife and calling the police. Miles was later found dead from a gunshot wound, Cockman said. Australias gun policy has long been heralded by politicians and the public as a successful method for reducing gun-related deaths. In the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre then prime minister John Howard ordered an immediate gun buyback scheme that saw Australians hand in almost 700,000 guns. On Reddits pro-Trump subreddit r/TheDonald, members criticised the reporting of the event as a tragedy and mocked Australias now-apparent lack of gun control in multiple submissions.