Results of latest Australian gun amnesty

[Warrigal]

A gun amnesty is a period when people can register in previously unregistered weapons or hand in illegal firearms to be destroyed. There was an amnesty period last year in Australia that produced some unusual results, including the surrender of a rocket launcher, a German maxim machine gun and a Tower Enfield pistol (see photos below).

Other firearms handed over include

• Norinco SKK semi-automatic rifle
• A WWII Russian PPSH submachine gun
• Martini Henry rifle circa 1873
• Spandau MG08 heavy machine gun
• Beaumont Adams Revolver circa 1856
• A homemade machine gun

In all 57,324 were either registered or surrendered, taking them out of the grey market.

Federal Minister for Law Enforcement Angus Taylor said the weapons were no longer on the "grey market", which refers to guns that are not registered and not in the hands of criminals."It's critical to get them off this grey market … so they don't end up in the black market," he said.

"We saw with the Lindt Cafe event, Man Monis was using a gun that had come from the grey market."
The Lindt Cafe shooter and two of his hostages were killed when police stormed the Sydney cafe in December 2014.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-...000-firearms-handed-in-across-country/9495440

 

[Big Horn]

Neither the "Tower Enfield" (sic.) nor the Beaumont Adams is even a cartridge gun. They are both loaded with separate powder, ball, cap, and lubricating wad.

There is an extremely rare revolver made in Australia by the Howard Auto Cultivator Company during the war. They were contractors to make revolvers identical to the Enfield but they only made 355. . I hope that if one ever shows up in an amnesty the authorities there will at place it in a museum or send it to another country for auction rather than destroy an important piece of history.

The link shows one in the white, that is, never having received a finish.

http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=137-1941-HAC-.380-No.-2-Mk-I-**-Revolver

 

[Warrigal]

Less than 8,000 guns were actually destroyed. Most were registered and returned to their owners.
Some will end up in museums or be sold to bona fide collectors.
Either way, they will be out of circulation and unavailable to criminals.

 

[Robusta]

Less than 8,000 guns were actually destroyed. Most were registered and returned to their owners.
Some will end up in museums or be sold to bona fide collectors.
Either way, they will be out of circulation and unavailable to criminals.

This has to be FAKE NEWS! How could Australia possibly have 57,000 in unaccounted for guns? They have a law! They severely restricted private weapon ownerships years ago. This is an outrage! There is a law!!!!!!! The island continent is a utopia where violence no longer exists! There is a Law!!!!