Police figures have revealed there are almost 790,000 registered firearms in NSW, but an average of five weapons are held by each licensed owner. A University of Sydney study revealed this week that Australians now own as many guns as they did at the time of the Port Arthur massacre, despite more than 1 million firearms being handed in and destroyed nationally. Philip Alpers, an adjunct associate professor at the university's school of public health, said the nation... (GunPolicy.org)