When Australia enacted sweeping gun laws and a globally revered buyback scheme in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre, there were an estimated 3.2 million firearms nationwide.

On April 28, 1996, Australians were left horrified when 35 people were killed by a lone gunman at the historic Tasmanian tourist precinct.

The attack prompted the creation of a National Firearms Agreement and the destruction of more than 650,000 firearms nationally.

Alleged shooter's sovereign citizen history Photo shows Dezi Freeman pictured outside a court in Wangaratta.

The man accused of shooting dead two police officers in Victoria's north-east is a "sovereign citizen" who once called police offensive names.

Almost 30 years later, as police hunt a suspected gunman through rugged terrain in Victoria's Hi

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