Daily Show segment about Australians and Gun Control wins an Emmy [View all]
The segment, which was aired in three parts, followed comedian John Oliver as he investigated Australia's gun control legislation, which Howard, Fischer and Borbidge had been instrumental in bringing about in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre.
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The point of the segments was to illustrate that gun control can reduce gun crime, a point which is frequently shot down - pun intended - by the gun lobby in the United States.
In was produced in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last year.
The third of the three segments won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials.
It featured footage of a defiant prime minister John Howard, then at the height of his political power, standing down an angry pro-gun crowd, shouting "there is no other way".
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