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New South Wales Police Seized 131 Illegal Handguns in 2010-11
12 February 2012
Sydney Morning Herald
Police are powerless to stop gun crime while weapons exist on Sydney's streets, the Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, has admitted, but he will consider lobbying for a gun amnesty if his officers request it.
In an interview with The Sun-Herald, Mr Scipione compared gun crimes to car crashes, saying they were impossible to stop. But he said police were heavily focused on fighting the spike in shootings in Sydney's south-west.
"There is no way I would suggest that... (GunPolicy.org)