I CAN'T RECALL WHICH RADIO GASBAG...

claimed that Australia's decision in 1996 to clamp down on guns DIDN'T reduce gun violence but once again, that's only a "wingnut fact" -

Around world, massacres have spurred gun control
By BEN McCONVILLE and JILL LAWLESS
— Dec. 18 6:22 AM EST
Supporters of gun control often cite Australia's dramatic response to a 1996 shooting spree in the southern state of Tasmania that killed 35 people.

The slaughter sparked outrage across the country and within 12 days federal and state governments had agreed to impose strict new gun laws, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles like the Colt AR-15 used by the Tasmania killer. The Connecticut killer used a similar, rapid-firing weapon.

Gun ownership was restricted to people with genuine need or sporting shooters with gun club membership. Some 700,000 guns were bought back and destroyed by the federal government from owners who no longer qualified to possess them.

Did it work? In Australia's case, the change appears dramatic. There were a dozen mass shootings with at least five deaths in the country between 1981 and the Tasmania massacre; there have been none in the 16 years since.