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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 03:28 PM
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Australia: Gun imports outstrip gun buyback
ONE hundred thousand firearms have been imported in the past three years, outstripping the number destroyed in the national $60 million handgun buyback scheme.

And despite a $21 million handgun buyback in Victoria, which saw 18,814 weapons destroyed last year, figures obtained by The Australian reveal Victorians legally imported 15,184 firearms during the same period.

Nationally, Australia imported 40,939 firearms last year, an increase from 28,016 in 2001-02 and 30,666 in 2000-01.

The Sporting Shooters Association said yesterday the figures confirmed buyback schemes were a "waste of money", with gun owners simply restocking and upgrading to legal weapons.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9264273%255E2702,00.html

Talk about unintended consequences....
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 05:26 PM
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1. Dupe
Discussed yesterday here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x50937
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 05:27 PM
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2. Hooey then, hooey now
as anybody reading the entire article can tell...
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