The Howard Gun Policy 1995 -------------------------------


The year before Port Arthur prior to the March 1996 Federal Election when PM John Howard was Opposition Leader New South Wales Shooter's Party MP John Tingle wrote to Howard asking for the Coalition Firearms Policy going into the upcoming federal election. His letter and Howards faxed response is below.

As you can see Howard clearly talks about rights to own firearms etc.... After Port Arthur nearly everything in this policy statement and promise was broken.

As a result John Howard's credibility went too - proving himself to be liar and totally untrustworthy on policy. This was later repeated by him on the GST ( Goods & Services Tax ) because also in 1995 he said there would be no GST.

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