"By the time Gibson fired her gun, Mussolini had used the string of attacks as justification to issue a series of "Laws for the Defense of the State" that transformed Italy from a democracy to a regime.

Grounded in a huge expansion of the powers of the executive branch at the expense of the judiciary and parliament, Mussolini and his Fascist Party ended press freedom, banned all opposition political parties, prohibited strikes and non-Fascist unions, created the notorious OVRA secret police, and more.

The laws made it clear that any attack on the leader would be considered an attack on the state and on national unity."

Much more and great pics at the thread link.