A while back we had a bit of a tragedy occur when a nutter strolled into a busy little tourist town and opened up.
Now Oz already had tighter gun controls than the US, or it it likely that the situation may not have been as bad. [personal view]The way this guy calmly walked around shooting people allowed any person holding a firearm the opportunity to end the situation then and there, quickly and decisively.[/personal view]
After this incident, our illustrious King Johnny decided it would be just better off if we didn't have any guns at all.
All automatic weapons were outlawed, stricter controls were placed on pistol ownership. Now the only people with ready access to firearms are either law enforcement and some security personell, military or criminals. Outside of the military, guess who has the more guns?