MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Australia said on Friday (June 16) it would introduce a three-month national gun amnesty, the first in more than 20 years, in a bid to reduce the number of illegal firearms which have been used in recent Islamist-inspired attacks. Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan said that from July 1, locals can hand in illegal firearms to authorities without prosecution. Australia has some of the world’s toughest gun control laws, introduced after […]
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Australia police launch massive “counter-terrorism” raids
More than 800 heavily armed Australian police carried out sweeping anti-terror raids in Sydney and Brisbane to prevent unspecified acts of violence against random members of the public.





