Over Our Dead Bodies Port Arthur and Australia's Fight for Gun Control

• Yazar: Chapman, Simon (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Sydney University Press 2013
• Konular: Elections & referenda; Australasian & Pacific history; Political Science; History
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996, when 35 people were shot dead by Martin Bryant, transformed Australia's gun control debate. Public outrage drove politicians from all sides of politics to embrace gun control. Non-violent 'people power' galvanised government resolve to outlaw...