Looks like John Howard is in agreement.
"It's just an exercise in logic to understand that the more guns there are in the community, the greater the likelihood of mass murder," he told ABC radio.
"It's very important in the wake of that terrible event for us to keep calm and understand what the right responses are," he said.
"I don't think a right response is to make guns more freely available in the community."
More damming evidence ...
Gun control expert Philip Alpers, from the University of Sydney, said the US was suffering from an epidemic of gun deaths. By contrast, the rate in Australia had halved since laws were toughened.
NSW Premier Mike Baird had one word for Senator Leyonhjelm: "Wrong".
"That is outrageous," he said.
"I couldn't think of a (more) inappropriate comment than that."
I think it is settled that to relax gun laws would be simply idiotic.
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