Gun Control Australia says the estimated total number of firearms in the hands of civilians was now 3.2 million -- the same number as in 1996
SYDNEY:Australia marked 20 years since its last mass shooting Thursday as campaigners warned its gun laws, which were severely tightened after the massacre, are being eroded.
Thirty-five people died at the historic Tasmanian colonial convict site of Port Arthur in 1996 as lone gunman Martin Bryant, armed with semi-automatic weapons, went on the rampage.
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