Archive for September, 2002

HANDGUN EPIDEMIC WORSENS

Victoria Police has revealed there has been a considerable increase in handgun crime in the past financial year. Illegal pistol seizures are up 18%; the use of all guns in assaults up 46%. "Victoria is going the way of NSW, where an epidemic of pistol incidents has continued over the past year,? says Gun Control Australia (GCA) President John Crook. "If our two big population States stay on this path, we are headed towards an American-style armed society," Crook says. "Victoria?s Premier Brac...