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Government offers national gun amnesty

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confiscated illigal guns Source: SBS

Australia's gun laws are among the world's toughest. But in an effort to withdraw the more than 260,000 illegal guns in homes, the Federal Government is offering an amnesty period. Justice Minister Michael Keenan says the decision is, in part, because of a deteriorating national security environment. More in this interview with Alan Nejaim from The Shooters and Fishers Party



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