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The top 3 deadliest lone wolf shootings did not occur in the US, but actually occured in Korea, Norway, and Australia. The third most deadly shooting was by a mentally handicapped heir to a small fortune, who used an AR-15 to attack a former prison colony in Port Arthur, Australia.

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A 12 year study showed that Australia's gun ban and gun buyback after the Port Arthur massacre of 1996 "have done nothing to reduce gun-related deaths"

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1. Count Nogi requested permission from Emperor Meiji to commit suicide after losing an imperial banner, and again after successfully capturing Port Arthur. He finally committed seppuku on the day of the Emperor's funeral.

2. The Japanese Empire was already infamous for surprise attacks without a prior declaration of war well before Pearl Harbor, having done so in 1904 at the Battle of Port Arthur.

3. After the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Australia, over 631,000 firearms were destroyed as part of a government buyback scheme.

4. Port Arthur, Ontario, was the first city in the world to enact Daylight Saving time on July 1st, 1908

5. The Port Arthur massacre which eventually led to the ban of firearms in Australia

6. An untrained shooter Martin Bryant killed 12 people and injured 10 in approximately 15-30 seconds. In less than an hour he'd kill 21 more and wound 13 more in the Port Arthur Massacre

7. The development of Australian gun control in 1996 which followed the Port Arthur massacre has reduced the number of mass shootings by almost 50%. With 13 shootings from 1971-1996 and only 5 shootings from 1996-2018.