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Gun Ownership Increases With More than 19,000 Firearms in the ACT
Canberra Times (Australia)
12 January 2016
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[A]CT Policing figures have revealed 19,200 guns were legally registered to 6,083 licensees, about three an owner, at the end of November last year.
That was a jump from 18,617 guns that were registered to 5,886 licensees in January 2015… (1)
Police said they confiscated 259 firearms in 2015…That was a jump from 176 guns seized in 2014…
Source Cited:
(1) http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-gun-club-membership-surges-with-over-18000-firearms-in-territory-20150120-12u96s.html
[ACT = Australian Capital Territory]