Australian leaders want to further restrict gun ownership, including potentially restricting licenses to citizens only, after a mass shooting in Sydney killed 15.

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

Mickelson suggested that a push to legislate stricter gun laws in Australia may not be the best approach to prevent future mass shootings

The police said on Monday that they expected to bring criminal charges against the surviving suspect, who is in a coma after being shot by the police.