In an article by journalist Nigel Hunt in Adelaide's Sunday Mail on 15 September 2007 we are told that:
"A TWO YEAR police operation targeting gun owners has resulted in more than 1000 weapons being seized or surrendered."
In the 05-06 financial year the operation looked at about 1900 gun owners and found:
"This resulted in 422 guns being seized, 366 being surrendered by owners and 30 unregistered firearms and four silencers being found. There were also 134 people reported for v...