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Friday, April 05, 2002

Huge trade in illegal handguns
From The Daily Telegraph (Australia):

[...] Police appear to be fighting a losing battle to control the number of firearms on our streets and admit that in some suburbs guns are easier to buy than a mobile phone. "It seems like they've all got guns," an officer involved in the drug agency said yesterday. "There are whole gangs of young people wandering around the streets and each of them has a gun." "If they're dealing in drugs, and so many of them are, then they arm themself with a gun for protection."

[...] A convicted killer who spoke to The Daily Telegraph yesterday said guns had never been more readily available. "It's a huge business. There are plenty of guns for sale if you have the cash and know where to go." "I could go to a certain pub in Sydney and I'd have a handgun within a quarter of an hour. The bikies have always got a supply and all the young kids in gangs have got them." [...] "It's a huge business. Since the gun laws came in handguns are a one of the biggest assets."


But at least the non-criminals have been disarmed.


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