"Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday tabled changes to national laws at a meeting of the National Cabinet, a roundtable of the nation's federal, state and territory leaders. They includes bringing into effect a national firearms register, which is anticipated would allow information sharing on gun owners across state borders. Increased sharing of intelligence to inform which people can be granted a firearms license, how many guns can be owned."
"There are few, recent, comprehensive global datasets on gun ownership. In 2018, the Small Arms Survey found the nations with the highest ratio of guns to people were the United States (120 guns for every 100 people), Yemen (52 guns per 100 people), New Caledonia (42 per 100), Serbia (39 per 100) and Montenegro (also 39). Australia had 14 guns per 100 people. Today, there are estimated to be more than one billion guns owned by civilians around the world."
National leaders convened at the National Cabinet to table changes that include a national firearms register to enable cross-border information sharing on gun owners. Proposals include increased intelligence sharing to shape licensing decisions, limits on how many guns an individual can own, restrictions on permitted firearm types, and citizenship requirements for ownership. The measures are a rapid response after 16 people were killed in the Bondi Beach attack and build on Australia’s 1996 overhaul of gun laws and longstanding bipartisan support for tougher civilian firearm controls. Australia’s civilian gun ownership stands at about 14 guns per 100 people.
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