Machine guns and military rifles were among 8,800 firearms seized in NSW over the past 10 months. Police revealed the figure as they pleaded for more help taking illicit guns off the streets. Senior officers in Sydney, scene of four gun crimes this week, launched the trans-Tasman Operation Unification on Thursday - a two-week initiative encouraging people to report illegal firearms. They did so alongside David and Cathy Knight, whose truckie dad Bob was killed in... (GunPolicy.org)