Archive for November, 2002

Taking the Gun Problem Seriously in the Victorian Election

Hundreds of thousands of military style weapons or powerful handguns would need to be wanted by criminals in Australia to create such a massive gunrunning market. At present, weak gun laws in our states have allowed the conversion of legal to illegal handguns and the robbery of handguns from gun stores and gun collections. Regrettably there seem to be ample guns on the blackmarket already. Mr Crook commented on Mr Crean's argument, "What Australians really need to help reduce our gun problem ...