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Australia. 2020 ‘Commercially Imported Firearms.’ Freedom of Information Disclosure FA19/10/00464. Canberra: Department of Home Affairs. 13 January

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Commercially Imported Firearms[1]

Calendar Year: Handguns - Rifles - Shotguns - Military[2] - Air Firearms - Total
2018[3]: 12,927 - 53,605 - 17,669 - 923 - 20,941 - 106,065
2017[4]: 18,795[5] - 52,959 - 20,805[6] - 548 - 9,506 - 102,613
2016: 11,680 - 52,680 - 31,786 - 979 - N/A - 97,125

Footnotes:
[1] Figures do not include imitation firearms and paintball markers. Figures include blank firing firearms.
[2] Military firearms may include large calibre anti-materiel weapons.
[3] The increase in the volume of air firearms may be due to reporting differences with some soft-air firearms and gel-ball launchers being lodged as Air Firearms.
[4] For the 2017 and subsequent reports, Air Firearms were reported in addition to conventional firearms.
[5] The increase in Handgun importations is likely due to two major imports for Law Enforcement of approximately 7,700 firearms.
[6] The decrease in Shotgun importations in 2017 is possibly a return to 'normal' following the previous increase due to large numbers

[Editor's note: GunPolicy.org removes airguns from the total of 'firearms' re-published on its web site]

ID: Q14083

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