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Alpers, Philip and Zareh Ghazarian. 2019 ‘Australia's 'Perfect Storm' of Gun Control: From Policy Inertia to World Leader.’ Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand. J. Luetjens, M. Mintrom and P. 't Hart, Eds (Chapter 9), p. 225. Canberra: ANU Press. 1 January

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Seeds of Destruction

Revised state gun laws now guarantee a multimillion-dollar annual income stream to the country's pro-gun lobby. Since 1996, each applicant for a firearm licence must prove a 'genuine reason' for gun ownership (see APMC 1996). This is
no problem for some—primary production, for example, is a sufficient reason. But for many thousands of urban and other firearm owners, the only 'genuine reason' that fits is to join an approved gun club and shoot there regularly. Gun owners who fail to turn up for the mandated minimum number of club attendances each year risk losing their firearm licence, and shooting clubs have both a legal obligation and a financial incentive to report non-attenders to police. Gun club officials are expected to mentor members in firearm safety and the law, while keeping an eye on careless, troubled or suspicious gun owners. Pistol clubs have an added regulatory responsibility to approve or to block a new member's application for a licence to possess a handgun. Although such arrangements effectively outsource official responsibilities, they also reduce the involvement of specialised police in the vetting process.

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