Liberals in America love to point to Australia’s gun control policies, but they never mention its thriving black market in weapons. J.D. Tuccille writes:
Just days ago, Australia’s Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, and Michael Keenan, Minister for Justice, held a joint press conference to announce “We don’t tolerate gun smuggling in Australia and we know Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are engaged in it. We have been keen to send the strongest possible message from Canberra that we’re not going to tolerate people smuggling in guns or smuggling in gun parts. You’d appreciate that even one smuggled gun can do an enormous amount of damage.”
When politicians announce that they don’t tolerate something, it’s a fair bet that the something is completely out of hand.
“Police admit they cannot eradicate a black market that is peddling illegal guns to criminals,” the Adelaide Advertiser conceded a few years ago. “Motorcycle gang members and convicted criminals barred from buying guns in South Australia have no difficulty obtaining illegal firearms, including fully automatic weapons.”
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