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Australia

29 January 2012

Hobart Mercury (Tasmania)

Spouses' permission and tougher documentation requirements are among measures that should be added to the state's gun licensing system, says the leader of Tasmania's anti-gun lobby. "I would like to see [applicants] get the consent of their spouse before they can get a gun licence," Tasmanian lawyer Roland Browne said. Mr Browne is the Coalition for National Gun Control spokesman. Gun licence applicants now answer a series of yes-no questions about their criminal... (GunPolicy.org)

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