Australia is awash with over four million legally owned guns, many of them kept in homes in our metropolitan and suburban areas.
Disturbing new Australia Institute research has found, despite gun reforms after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, Australia now harbours even more guns than before this tragic event.
A representative poll late last year found 70% of Australians want gun laws to make it much harder to access a gun.
This included most voters for all political parties and people living in metropolitan, regional and rural Australia.
Although Australia has been a global leader in gun control, we cannot afford to be complacent.
Our gun laws are not keeping up with weapon advancements, which is putting our community at increasing risk.
Source: New report: Gun boom threatens community safety in Australia – Gun Control Australia