Some outrageous estimations have been made of the total number of guns in Australia. Ian McNiven, one of Queensland's more extremist gun lobbyist's, believes that there could be 10 million guns in Australia and Ted Drane, ex-President of the Sporting Shooters Association has suggested a similar number. There is little evidence that there are anything like 10 million guns in this country. All the evidence suggests that there are between 4 and 4.5 million guns in Australia.
Three years ag...