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turbinetree

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Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:06 PM Oct 2017

Here we are again: Australian media exasperated by Americas lack of action on gun control

When confronted with news about America’s latest deadliest mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas on Monday, Australian news anchors on channel ABC24 reacted with exasperation.

“Here we are again, same sort of thing we’ve already seen Orlando, we’ve seen Virginia Tech — Sandy Hook is the one that rings out in my mind — and yet again we’re sitting here this morning talking about yet another one,” one said.

“It always seems to be these major events in States where we talk about it and we want action and we want something on gun laws.”

https://thinkprogress.org/australia-reacts-las-vegas-shooting-1110c7cf0af2/

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