How many mass shootings have taken place in the U.K. since implementing strict gun laws? Zero.
Here's a look at countries who changed their gun laws following deadly mass shootings.
Here's a look at countries who changed their gun laws following deadly mass shootings.
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00:00In the 26 years since they enacted those strict gun laws,
00:03how many school shootings do you think Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole have had?
00:09Zero.
00:10After the sound of gunfire, confusion and bewilderment, and the anxiety of waiting for
00:32news, a stricken crowd of parents waiting to be told who lived and who died.
00:40Conservative MPs complain that our response has been emotional.
00:57Well, if they had been in that gym, if they had talked to those parents
01:01sitting on those tiny chairs where once their children had sat, they would have been emotional
01:06too. I believe that we should ban the private ownership and possession of handguns.
01:36I absolutely believe there will be a common view amongst New Zealanders,
01:51those who use guns for legitimate purposes, and those who have never touched one,
01:57that the time for the mass and easy availability of these weapons must end.
02:27At that time, nobody could imagine that somebody can enter in a classroom to kill people. The more
02:33people understand what it means being a survivor of polytechnic, I think it gives me credibility
02:41to talk about gun control and the importance of gun control.
02:57What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell,
03:24transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada.
03:37There was poignant pressure on Australia's politicians today, an anti-gun rally outside
03:41federal parliament, living symbols of the 35 who died at Port Arthur. Hobart Hospital's Dr Brian
03:48described the massacre as a war zone, his horrific experience
03:52leading to this plea to the politicians for sanity and leadership. Just get it fixed.
04:18Four days left in the gun buyback scheme and 134,000 outlawed weapons have been handed in.
04:2767 million dollars paid in compensation and that's just New South Wales. Extremely successful. I
04:34believe that we will have the great majority of the banned firearms collected under the buyback
04:39because it's going to be far too difficult for people to maintain them in the future.
04:51We don't have to live like this. We've just done.