Reply #50: the Aussies and UK folks are "saturated" in illegal firearms [View All]

[Romulus]

That were not affected by their respective citizen disarmament schemes . . .

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article310182.ece

Up to 4m guns in UK and police are losing the battle

'IoS' investigation: Another week, another horrific shooting. The culture of illegal firearms is running out of control

By Sophie Goodchild and Paul Lashmar
Published: 04 September 2005

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David Raynes a former senior Customs investigator, believes there is now an ample underground supply of guns. "Guns can be had for £100 or so," he said. "I suspect the market is saturated in both Britain and Ireland. The real UK arms smuggling issue now is probably military explosives and detonators, to be used in future acts of terrorism."

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/01/...national10.html
(c.2001)

Smugglers fly in 10,000 pistols a year: Tingle

By Robert Wainwright and Mark Robinson

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Criminal gangs are arming themselves with Chinese-made handguns smuggled into Australia in their thousands each year, the NSW Shooters Party MP, Mr John Tingle, said yesterday.

He said there was anecdotal evidence of an explosion in the black-market gun trade, with up to 10,000 illegal guns being shipped annually, mainly aboard light aircraft landing at remote airstrips in northern Australia . . .Mr Tingle's comments are supported by Cabramatta police, who reported there was evidence of "the same people engaged in both illegal drug supply and firearms trafficking".

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