There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
The Australian gun lobby is comparatively the size of the NRA. The only reason we don’t hear as much is because culturally they have much higher hill to climb.
Realistically though the increased ownership are unlikely to be all farmers. And that’s a massive concern. Because the kind of person who wants a gun in Australia is generally the kind of person who shouldn’t have one.
Number of firearms is not a useful metric. The ban had an exemption for bolt-actions used for farming.
When grandma has a handgun for catching the bus, there’s a problem.
The Australian gun lobby is comparatively the size of the NRA. The only reason we don’t hear as much is because culturally they have much higher hill to climb.
Realistically though the increased ownership are unlikely to be all farmers. And that’s a massive concern. Because the kind of person who wants a gun in Australia is generally the kind of person who shouldn’t have one.