‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Gun control campaigner Walter Mikac has criticised a NSW hunting bill and says Australians should be ‘incredibly proud’ of the national firearms agreement. Photograph: Elise Derwin/The Guardian

For Walter Mikac, the gun reform that followed the Port Arthur massacre was the slimmest of silver linings to come from that day.

After a gunman killed 35 people, including his wife, Nanette, and two young daughters, Alannah and Madeline, Mikac became one of the strongest voices on the need for better gun laws across Australia.