Yes, prior to the Port Arthur Massacre in 1996, Australia suffered around one mass shooting per year. The staunchly conservative Prime Minister of the time went against public opinion and bought back huge numbers of guns, funded by a temporary tax levy. Gun laws were dramatically increased, to the point that guns were essentially removed from urban communities.
The result: to date, there hasn't been a mass shooting in Australia. Suicide rates, especially among youths, dropped substantially. Gun deaths dropped substantially. Overall crime rates have continued to drop in accordance with averages across the developed world.
Gun control was unequivocally successful at reducing gun deaths in Australia, and overall crime rates have dropped as well. These are the facts.
The Daily Show did a great 3-part story about Australian gun control vs US attitudes just last week.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Durango95, I'm not going to respond any more to your off topic posts in this thread. Please move them to a new thread if you'd like to continue the talk and I will certainly contribute.