Mass shootings and the gun laws that followed around the world

Brut America

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.

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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.

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