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Originally Posted by Wombat756
That's not right. The majority of illegal guns in Australia were imported illegally, or actually manufactured by backyarders specifically for the black market. There was a case of a batch of 200 or so glock handguns, purchased legally overseas, then imported illegally through a post office. Most have not been recovered. They don't have to have their identifiers removed to make them illegal either.
And while a bloke in his shed with a lathe isn't a "recognized" manufacturer, he is still building guns (even full auto models) that work just as well as something with a name brand in it, and it's specifically for the wrong people.
Gun control has never been about guns. It has always been, and will always be about control. The "it's for public safety" is just a convenient line that pollies can use to gain control.
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almost wet myself laughing!
look at the import stats pre 1996 to the hand in stats and you will see less than a 1/4 of the official imported guns were handed back....then there are the guns that no import data was need...