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SPORTING SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
"The Licencing and Registration Status of Firearms used in Homicides"
Australian Institute of Criminology Report 26/7/2000
Minister for Justice Press Release
SSAA Press Release
Quotes from the report:
"Licensed gun owners are law-abiding citizens with legitimate reasons for owning the weapons they have."
"In over 90 per cent of firearm-related homicides the offenders are not licensed and the weapons are not registered."
"Not one handgun used in a homicide between 1997 and 1999 was used by a licensed owner."
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