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Okay, we'll get to his false quote in a second, but first, watch the video below.That's not to address the most important issue at play here: what the Australian government did was an unfettered act of tyranny. Following the gun law changes, there were no mass shootings for many years. "Gaetz said in Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. Disarming a populace is, at it's very core, the denial of a human right to self-preservation. And now their people can't fight back when they are having to fight their way out of a socialist dictator. Period. Since the gun ban, Australia has issued 37,000 gun licenses in the past five years, a jump from 177,675 to 215,462. He shared articles showing an Australian But there are several factual inaccuracies with his specific claim about Australia and the comparison to Venezuela.• Australia didn’t enact a total gun ban; it banned certain guns, including semi-automatics after a mass shooting in 1996.

"I’m here in Australia, congressman. (AP) But experts said most guns are sold on the black market and that guns remain rampant in Venezuela. Maybe they didn’t have any more "mass-shootings". "There are no solid numbers to pinpoint the number of guns in civilian ownership in Venezuela. They argue that gun violence was on a downward trajectory … In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts. The buyback program took in more than 640,000 prohibited weapons — roughly Today, Australians still legally own a high per-capita ratio of single-shot long guns, along with plenty of handguns, said Philip Alpers, founding director of Since then, it has climbed back up to almost the same number as before the ban, though the In the 1980s and early 1990s, Australia suffered 14 mass shootings, which claimed 117 lives, Alpers said. Disarming a populace is, at it's very core, the denial of a human right to self-preservation.I acknowledge that maybe some countries get lucky. stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News: Australian firearms rights groups say that the laws go too far and restrict personal freedom. In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. "All of this is to say that even with the 2013 law, access to guns has increased," she said.Alejandro Velasco, New York University history professor of modern Latin America, told us that "the gun ban had almost no practical impact on people’s ability to buy and keep (or use) weapons.
When American leftists support Australian policies, they are absolutely, unequivocally supporting an outright ban on firearms. Why Australia’s famed gun control laws probably wouldn’t reduce shooting deaths in America Police department workers in Sydney sort and catalog weapons handed in … One of the most significant provisions of the NFA was a flat-out ban on certain kinds of guns, such as automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. The idea that private gun owners could successfully challenge a national military is also unlikely. But what about the rest of the crime? stated on August 5, 2020 a Fox and Friends interview: I acknowledge that maybe some countries get lucky. The opposition movement has billed itself as nonviolent for the most part, Velasco said. Here's the part that will annoy every anti-gun advocate in a thousand mile radius: Contributions or gifts to PolitiFact, which is part of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Poynter Institute, are tax deductible. You know who did what Australia did? Did the government-funded gun buybacks introduced after the Port Arthur massacre have "no effect" in reducing gun deaths in Australia, as an audience member claimed on … Australia banned semi-automatic and self-loading rifles as well as …

Venezuela faced a widespread problem with rampant gun violence and homicides — and it still does.Rebecca Hanson, an expert on crime in Venezuela and now a professor at the University of Florida, said she wouldn’t call the 2013 law a "gun ban," because civilians could still own guns as long as they registered them. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sparred with Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro about how to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands. "Gaetz’s claim about Australia is wrong, and his comparison to Venezuela is flawed.After a mass shooting in 1996, Australia banned semi-automatic and self-loading rifles as well as shotguns and offered a one-year buyback. Gun buybacks remain a popular policy with the Left because it is the only way of achieving what the Left regards as the only acceptable gun-control solution: reducing the number of guns … Venezuela. You know who did what Australia did? After that, people possessing the weapons would be subject to strict penalties. "The law, in reality, did not affect people's ability to access guns in any effective or long-term way," she said.Since the majority of guns are purchased on the black market, regulating the legal market does little to reduce gun sales in Venezuela, she said. In order to enforce the ban, the legislation provided for a firearm confiscation scheme. So PolitiFact Florida wanted to look into it. • That’s different from what Venezuela’s government did in 2012 and 2013, when it took steps in an effort to stem the flow of guns.• In both countries, millions of guns remain in civilian hands. "Even if the disarmament law had dramatically reduced gun ownership, which is not at all clear, armed anti-government civilians would stand no chance against the tanks and fighter jets of the army," said Dorothy Kronick, a University of Pennsylvania political scientist.Experts were critical of Gaetz using the problems in Venezuela to make any commentary on gun laws in the United States. Great. That makes it effectively a gun ban.
Several experts told us it’s not surprising that civilians don’t bring guns to protests where they face the armed government. stated on June 3, 2020 a House judiciary hearing: The government offered a one-year grace period during which it would buy back the firearms. You know who did what Australia did? When American leftists support Australian policies, they are absolutely, unequivocally supporting an outright ban on firearms. stated on August 6, 2020 an interview with journalism associations: In Australia, the government responded to a mass shooting.