- Most semi-automatic handguns and all large-calibre revolvers
will be banned from all but military, law enforcement and security purposes.
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- The move, announced last night after an Australasian
Police Ministers Council meeting in Darwin, could result in a national
handgun buyback scheme.
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- The council also agreed to accelerate uniform national
standards for registering and tracking firearms and to develop a system
for staggered access to sporting handgun shooters based on training, experience
and event participation.
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- A list of handguns to be banned is yet to be formalised
but it would be likely to include semi-automatics in calibres of 9mm, .40
and .45, and revolvers chambered for .44 and .357 rounds.
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- Restricting the types of handguns that can be imported
or possessed for target shooting to those used in events such as the Olympics
will require a recovery and disposal process for the weapons which fall
outside those classifications.
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- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/05/1036308312479.html
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