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Statistics
Firearm imports, Australia: Non-air modern firearms for civilian possession, 1988 to 2015 (ABS)
Publisher
Firearms
Imports
Gun control
Arms control
Gun buyback schemes
Australia
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Description
In the 27 years from 1988 to 2015, Australians imported more than a million guns. Many of these replaced firearm types prohibited and destroyed during federal firearm buybacks, or surrendered in dozens of state gun amnesties.
This table lists national firearm import totals provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the years 1988/89 to 2014/15.
Publication Details
Copyright:
GunPolicy.org and author 2016
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
15 Nov 2016
