Gun Policy News, 21 May 2015
Australia New National Firearms Database by 2015
21 May 2015
Age (Melbourne)
A national firearms database has been fast-tracked in the wake of concerns about how Martin Place shooter Man Haron Monis had access to guns.
The tracking system will aim to stop the trafficking of firearms across Australia, with authorities convinced that the vast majority of weapons used in organised crime are circulated across the country, rather than imported from overseas.
A meeting of the Law, Crime and Community Safety Council on Friday will be told that the... (GunPolicy.org)