The world is still reeling from a mass shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers last month, but already there have been more massacres in the United States, which is averaging more than one a day.

Australia has also experienced mass shootings in the past, including most notably Port Arthur, but what has happened since then? Have the laws really managed to keep our streets as weapons-free as we would like to think?

The Quicky speaks to two experts in gun violence and control to find out whether John Howard's reforms have kept gun crime in Australia to a minimum, or if more work needs to be done.

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Rebecca Peters AO - Gun control advocate who ran the post-Port Arthur gun control campaign in Australia, and served as Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) from 2002 to 2010

Dr Emma Shortis - Lecturer in RMIT University's Social and Global Studies Centre who focuses on US and global environmental politics

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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