Eleven Years of Mass Gun Killings in Australia and New Zealand, 1987-97

A typical gun homicide is committed by a licensed male gun owner with no record of violent crime or mental illness, using a legal firearm to kill someone he knows well.

A Regional Assessment of Small Arms Control Initiatives in Eastern Eurasia

Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine. Grillot, Suzette R. Monitoring the Implementation of Small Arms Controls Project (MISAC); Eurasia Series No. 2. London: International Alert. December, 2003.

Developing a Common Approach to Gun Control Legislation in Oceania

A precursor to the Draft Model Weapons Control Bill approved at the Pacific Islands Forum in August, 2003 as the basis for regional model small arms regulation. See also Pacific Model Legislation.

Small Arms Survey policy briefing

There were an estimated 1,010-1,270 illegal high powered and commercial firearms in the Solomon Islands – considerably more than the 500-700 commonly reported. Robert Muggah and Philip Alpers. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Working Paper, August 2003.

A Model Weapons Bill for Oceania

Since 1996, the 16 member states of the Pacific Islands Forum have worked to develop a common regional approach to weapon control. For more information about the Model Bill offered here for download, see Pacific Model Legislation.

Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms Annexes

In the hard copy version of the Small Arms Survey yearbook 'Guns and the City' (Cambridge University Press 2007), Aaron Karp's Chapter 2 'Completing the Count: Civilian firearms' contains several references to Annexes 1-5. In the printed version at page 67, readers are referred to Annexes Online at a web link since broken. As the author's data tables in support of this chapter seem unavailable online, and in the interests of transparency GunPolicy.org offers a compressed version of Appendices 1-5.

Global Military and Law Enforcement Firearm Stockpiles

In the hard copy version of the Small Arms Survey yearbook 'Unfinished Business' (Oxford University Press 2006), Aaron Karp's Chapter 2 'Trickle and Torrent: State Stockpiles' contains several references to Appendix I and II. In the printed version at page 61, Endnote 1 reads: "Appendices 1 and 2 are available at http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/yb_2006.htm"

For several years, Karp's appendices were not displayed at this URL. As at January 2013, Endnote 1 had also been removed from the online version of Chapter 2 displayed on the Small Arms Survey web site. In the interests of transparency, GunPolicy.org offers a compressed version of both Appendix I and II.

Marking, Tracing and Record-keeping: Reported Implementation to Date

Published UN small arms Programme of Action (UNPoA) and International Tracing Instrument (ITI) national reports, along with small arms legislation analysed from 73 UN Member States, provide preliminary marking and tracing implementation totals.

Measurability and Implementation: Country-by-country comparions of marking, tracing, record-keeping and other norms

Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons (UNPoA MGE) at the United Nations in New York, 9-13 May 2011.

Community Interviews and a Guide to Small Arms in Papua New Guinea

Alpers, Philip. Background paper for Gun-running in Papua New Guinea: From Arrows to Assault Weapons in the Southern Highlands. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. June, 2005.

Gun Control: Change is Possible - and Fast

In Australia, one massacre turned the tide in favor of gun control. Nationwide gun law reform was announced just 12 days after the shootings. The risk of dying by gunshot in Australia quickly fell by more than 50% -- and stayed there.

How One Democracy Changed After Scrapping a Third of Its Firearms

Australia's massive experiment in gun control saw a million firearms, or one third of the nation's private arsenal destroyed, then a million new, but different guns imported. Sixteen years after firearm laws were tightened, gun homicide remains 50-60% lower, and the nation hasn't seen another mass shooting.

Alpers, Philip. 2013. The Big Melt: How One Democracy Changed after Scrapping a Third of Its Firearms, In: Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, edited by Daniel W Webster and Jon S Vernick. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Australian Civilian Gun Imports, 1995-2012 (Customs)

Following a decade of mass shootings, state gun amnesties and a massive federal buyback of newly prohibited rapid-fire long guns, Australian arms dealers rushed to import more firearms. Many of these replaced guns recently destroyed. This table lists national firearm import totals provided by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service for the 16 years which followed the Port Arthur gun massacre, from 1995/96 to 2011/12.

Australian Civilian Gun Imports, 1988-2012 (ABS)

In the 24 years from 1988 to 2012, Australians imported more than a million guns. Many of these replaced firearm types prohibited and destroyed during federal firearm buybacks, or surrendered in dozens of state gun amnesties. This table lists national firearm import totals provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the years 1988/89 to 2011/12.

Where Do Australian Criminals Get the Majority of Their Illegal Firearms?

In the past decade, people whose job it is to seize and trace crime guns have steadily contradicted the opinion that most illicit firearms are smuggled into the country.

Australian Firearm Amnesty, Buyback and Destruction Totals

From 1988 to 2012, Australia ran 38 state, territory and federal firearm amnesties for a minimum combined total of 3,062 weeks. From the reports in which numbers were published, a total of 948,388 firearms were surrendered to police for destruction. This table shows official tallies and media-reported numbers.