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Alpers, Philip. 2005 ‘Gun Amnesties.’ Gun-running in Papua New Guinea: From arrows to assault weapons in the Southern Highlands; Special Report No. 5, pp. 115-116. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. 1 July
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Gun Amnesties
"When guns are surrendered to the police, the gesture is largely symbolic, with tribal groups surrendering only a portion of their armoury and typically only those weapons that are not powerful."
-- Charles Yala, economist, Australian National University.
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