Gun Control Australia

The Gun Lobby and Criminals

An excellent examination of how criminals get handguns was produced by Sydney journalist David Hardaker and shown on the 7.30 report during April 2001. There's an old saying "Every illegal gun starts out as a legal gun". This means that somebody helps in that dangerous process of change. The gun lobby, because many of its members are opposed to strict gun laws is a vital part of the movement of legal to illegal guns and hence to the provision of criminals with handguns. Two examples of the...