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The state of Australia's gun laws
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Gun laws. Those words carry a weight like no other.
Mass shootings have been hitting the headlines more often - and so has scrutiny of how countries respond.
Australia's gun reforms, enacted after Port Arthur, have been widely credited with preventing mass shootings for over 20 years.
But what exactly are those laws? And when tragedies shake a society to its core, what are the next steps?
Professor Philip Alpers is a specialist in gun violence and policy at the Sydney School of Public Health. Check out his project, gunpolicy.org.
This episode was created by the Sydney University Law Society - follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
This podcast series is sponsored by Allens Confidential.
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