well how about this
i live in australia
and it is illegal to own a hand gun (pistol) of any saught unless given permission otherwise by the australian federal government, ie. either one of the three defence forces, federal police, state police, and other law enforcment agencies.
its also illegal to own an automatic gun/rifle excluding the previous
and its also illegal to own a semi automatic gun/rifle
so really the only gun available in australia is a manual rifle
and you have to pass all saughts of tests and screens to obtain a gun licence
i think you have to pass two psyc tests, a drug and alcohol screen, criminal record clearance and a general physical.
and to top it all off, the licence is only valid for 2 years, then you have to repeat the process
pretty much the only people in australia that own a gun are farmers, gun club members (clay pidgeon shooting), or law/military organizations
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