Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

The New England Patriots paid tribute to the victims in the shooting at Brown University and the terror attack at a Hanukkah event in Australia.

It would also take away a sense of security in a country that, because of strict gun laws, has largely been insulated from the mass shootings so common in the United States and other Western nations.This reconstruction is based on interviews with survivors and footage of the assault.

Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

The assumption of safety under which Australians operated, that public spaces were assuredly gun-free, has been shattered.

The prime minister said the suspects acted alone and called for tighter gun controls after Sunday’s deadly Hanukkah shooting.