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AUSTRALIAN gun rights advocates are fuming over a report suggesting the number of firearms stolen in Australia has more than doubled in the past decade.

It comes as shock figures show the number of guns owned by just one Australian — in the small village of Moonbi, north of Tamworth — reach as high as 312 guns in New South Wales alone.

Gun Control Australia obtained data under Freedom of Information laws and published their findings in a report titled Firearms Theft in Australia 2007-2017.

The findings concluded that in the past 10 years the average number of firearms stolen annually in Australia has nearly doubled from 1700 thefts in 2007-2008 to nearly 3300 in 2016-2017. Over the 10 years, almost 27,000 firearms were stolen.

The figures show that most of the thefts have come from within private residential properties and most were never recovered.

“These figures show the great bulk of weapons (75 per cent) are being stolen from residential properties, often in the heart of our bigger cities,” Greens MP David Shoebridge told news.com.au.


The same FOI laws helped The Greens launch the TooManyGuns.Org website with the How Many Guns Are In Your Suburb? locator providing NSW residents with startling information on gun ownership by postcode.

Suburbs with the highest gun ownership per individual include Moonbi (312), Little Bay (305) in southeastern Sydney and Mosman (285), in Sydney’s elite north shore.

“Stolen guns are fuelling the illegal gun market,” Gun Control Australia chair Samantha Lee told news.com.au.

“There’s a lot of reasons why the public should be concerned,” she said, citing an increase in accidental injury or death.

“The Prime Minister continues to ride on the coat tails of John Howard without doing anything to stop the wreckage of our gun laws. It’s about time the Prime Minister came out and did something about the destruction of gun laws in Australia.”


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Big deal.

Make stealing guns illegal.



Problem solved.


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Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Big deal.

Make stealing guns illegal.



Problem solved.




And they are going to stupidly blame the people that have their firearms locked up in safes, instead of holding the thieves responsible.


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Looks like our liberals are teaching your liberals on how to be really stupid there Stewie...


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The adage. lies. damned lies and statistics applies.

Firstly it seems that the statistics now include everything that includes the word "gun" in their description. So glue gun, nail gun etc is now lumped into the stolen firearm numbers to make it look out of control so the gun control fanatics can call for more restrictions.

Pro gun groups are pushing back.

Secondly, it would appear that gun registration records have been leaked to criminal bodies as licenced owners have been targeted for specific thefts.

Deep state criminality DownUnder on show.

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One thing that came out about the figures is that 'guns' included tools such as nail guns that builders use. These were included by the gun control mob to increase the numbers.

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Nothing new there. The numbers are always inflated to make the liberal agenda work.

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So, any data on squirt guns? Especially the Master Blaster? Oh, the horror!


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More guns are REPORTED stolen now, because lawful shooters have complied with the law and registered them (whether they believe registration works or not). And they are similarly complying with the law by reporting them stolen when it occurs.

I suppose all the Ostriches would prefer to have their heads in the sand and have absolutely no idea how many firearms are being stolen!

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must be California transplants

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I'm sure none are reported stolen after being buried in the yard.


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They published ownership records so the bad guys know the most "profitable" areas to prospect?

How very special.....

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