The Johnson Factor - Senior Cops Peddling An Agenda -------------

This is Tasmanian Police Superintendant Jack Johnson who led the media around the Port Arthur area the day after the massacre peddling the official story that Martin Bryant acted alone. ( Picture - Supt Jack Johnson on 29th April 1996 ). Jack would have been sent down there to do that by his boss Commissioner John Johnson.

What is significant is 2 days before the May 10th Police Ministers Conference in Canberra which decided on the gun bans his boss Chief Commissioner John Johnson was making not only political statements about gun law policy ( which is inappropriate for a policeman and civil servant ) but also that the massacre was part of a "pattern" of getting gun law changes and that now it had happened that ultimate aim was to occurr. The question is did Jack and John know it was going to happen that day ?

In the Article left from the Hobart MERCURY on 9th May 1996 John said:-
"Now we've had this terrible incident we can get our law straightened out in regards to the possession and onwership of firearms".

Just prior to that statement John said :
"It was part of a pattern in Australia that moves for gun law reform should be made after the Port Arthur tragedy".

Here we have it from the horse's mouth all of this is part of a pattern.

The article also expresses "Concern at long path to reform" and raises the question whether someone had decided to shorten that path and did so that Sunday.


It is clear from these statements and their timing Johnson had an agenda against guns and it raises questions about his involvement in this incident.

The question must be asked what is this "pattern" John was referring to ? Is it an indication all the other high profile gun massacres in Australia in recent years have been the same - manufactured incidents ? It is significant to note only Australia was having these gun massacres with regular perodicity ( every 3 - 4 years ) - all with the same common denominators. The fact Australia's almost identical counterpart - Canada - was not having them during the same period despite having double the number of guns raises the question what was really going on in Australia. Even in the US - despite having 10 times the number of guns - where there have been a several isolated incidents involving assault rifles - eg Stockton, California in 1989 - they have not been a regular occurance. Why is Australia way out on its statistical bell curve on this ? We now seem to have the answer.





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