John Howard reflects on gun law reform 20 years after Port Arthur

By Georgie Burgess
Updated April 28 2016 - 7:51am, first published 7:00am
REFLECTION: Former prime minister John Howard acted on gun law reform almost immediately after the massacre. Picture: Nic Walker
REFLECTION: Former prime minister John Howard acted on gun law reform almost immediately after the massacre. Picture: Nic Walker

JUST hours after John Howard heard that a gunman was on the loose in remote Tasmania he had a phone call with then-premier Tony Rundle about gun law reform.

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