Fact sheet

The origin of Australian crime guns: statements from those involved in curbing the proliferation of illicit firearms

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Firearms Public health Crime prevention Violence prevention Law enforcement Gun control Arms control Imports Armed violence Australia
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For more than a decade, people whose job it is to seize and to trace crime guns in Australia have steadily contradicted the unsourced, evidence-free opinion that most illicit firearms are smuggled into the country.

Publication Details
Copyright:
GunPolicy.org and author 2016
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
15 Nov 2016

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