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Gun Policy News, 4 January 2015

Australia

4 January 2015

Northern Territory News

The NT has one of the highest per capita rates of gun ownership in Australia but the lowest rate of firearm-related crime, police have said. The gun control debate has resurfaced on the back of the Sydney Lindt cafe siege. Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm went as far as to declare Australia was a "nation of victims". He implied the siege might not have happened were people allowed to carry concealed weapons. NT Police said there were 57,804 firearms... (GunPolicy.org)

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