Gun ownership rises 10 per cent across NSW

By Emma Partridge and Conrad Walters
Updated August 3 2015 - 3:36pm, first published 8:06am
In 1997, the federal government bought back 4000 guns and destroyed them.
 Photo: Dean Sewell
In 1997, the federal government bought back 4000 guns and destroyed them. Photo: Dean Sewell

Gun ownership has surged 10 per cent in NSW in the past five years, with one gun now registered for  every nine residents.

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