Have firearm homicides and suicides dropped since Port Arthur as a result of John Howard's reforms?

Have gun-related homicides fallen significantly in Australia since the Port Arthur Massacre, with gun-related suicides dropping by 74 per cent, as John Howard says? ABC Fact Check investigates.
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