This report analyses how media and political narratives shape responses to gun massacres in the UK, US, and Australia, highlighting contrasting public health, criminal justice, and regulatory framings in the cases of Dunblane, Las Vegas, and Port Arthur.

This report examines how media and political narratives in the UK, US, and Australia helped shape both public opinion and gun control policy to gun massacres, revealing the distinctive impacts of public health and criminal justice framings on legislative outcomes.

AOAV critically examines the UK’s lack of a comprehensive policy on reparations for civilian harm caused by its military operations and proposes significant reforms to align with international humanitarian law and ensure justice for affected civilians.