Gun Control Australia

Handguns

In Victoria, in the last few weeks there has been a spate of public shootings, mostly with handguns. This has occurred despite the fact that handguns are the least common of the guns in shooters hands. Handguns are proliferating in Australia. We now import almost 10,000 handguns each year. Handgun controls are quite inadequate and Australia may take the American path unless greater restrictions on handgun ownership take place. In the USA, handguns have been readily available for over a cen...

Gun Buy Back

About 640,000 guns were taken in under the amnesty and buy-back scheme which operated soon after the Port Arthur massacre. Victoria was been the most successful state to call in its prohibited weapons. Before the scheme started the Victorian Firearms Registry records showed that there were about 750,000 registered guns in Victoria. About 210,000 were handed in because they became prohibited weapons. These were mainly military style rifles, semi-automatic and pump action shotguns and .22 low powe...