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Premier Dismisses Loss of 186 Victoria Police Guns as 'Accounting Error'

1 September 2010

Herald Sun (Melbourne)

Premier John Brumby has been slammed for trying to excuse police failure to account for 186 guns as "an accounting error". The Opposition yesterday called for an independent inquiry into why Victoria Police does not know what happened to the weapons. The call came after the Herald Sun revealed the firearms -- including shotguns, semi-automatics and revolvers -- could not be found to match them with records. Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said Victoria Police's track... (GunPolicy.org)

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