Gun laws of Australia - Wikipedia
Gun laws in Australia are predominantly within the jurisdiction of Australian states and territories, with the importation of guns regulated by the federal government.
New gun ownership figures revealed 25 years on from Port Arthur
Apr 28, 2021 · New University of Sydney figures on gun ownership in Australia: Australian civilians now own more than 3.5 million registered firearms, an average of four for each licensed gun owner. The proportion of Australians who hold a …
Massive Study of Australia's Gun Laws Shows One Thing: They Work
Jun 23, 2016 · It's been 20 years since Australia rolled out nation-wide gun law reform. And now an analysis of more than four decades of data on violence in the country has come up with a conclusion: it worked. The study found there have been no fatal mass shootings since April 1996 - despite experiencing one every two to three years in the decades leading ...
Gun Control in Australia, Updated - FactCheck.org
Oct 4, 2017 · Under the 1996 law, Australia banned certain semi-automatic, self-loading rifles and shotguns, and imposed stricter licensing and registration requirements. It also instituted a...
Is gun ownership increasing in Australia? - BBC
Gun ownership and usage is heavily regulated in Australia. On Friday, Australia had its worst mass shooting since the nation overhauled its gun control laws more than 20 years ago.
Australia: More Guns Now Than Before Port Arthur
New research from the Australia Institute finds that there are more guns in Australia now than there were before the Port Arthur massacre and introduction of strict gun controls.
Australian Gun Stats - Snopes.com
Claim: Statistics demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government there instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.
· Fact checked by snopes.comAustralia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides …
Aug 27, 2015 · Between October 1996 and September 1997, Australia responded to its own gun violence problem with a solution that was both straightforward and severe: It collected roughly 650,000 privately...
What It Took for a Country With a Strong Gun Culture to Give …
Jun 13, 2022 · After a bitter fight with rural gun owners and conservative activists, Australia introduced sweeping measures to restrict gun access in the wake of a 1996 shooting that left 35 dead.
Australia’s 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths ...
Oct 16, 2006 · A radical gun law reform occurred in Australia after a gun massacre (35 dead and 18 seriously injured) in April 1996. Semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns and rifles were banned; a tax-funded firearm buyback and amnesties saw over 700 000 guns surrendered from an adult population of about 12 million.
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