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Australian guns to the USA

Police gun trade-ins to flood US market

by: Sean Parnell - From: The Australian
April 14, 2011 12:00AM - 21 comments

ALMOST 10,000 Australian police-issue handguns will flood the American secondary arms market
after two state police departments opted to trade in their old weapons rather than have them destroyed.

The Australian has learned that Victoria and South Australia struck deals with weapons manufacturer Smith
& Wesson to export their surplus weapons to the US to reduce the cost of upgrading to semi-automatic pistols.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/police-gun-trade-ins-to-flood-us-market/story-fn59niix-1226038742048

Guns into Australia courtesy Australian customs

Pistol import ring exposes Customs service
By police reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, staff

Updated Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:17am AEDT

Customs officials have conceded a huge haul of illegally imported
handguns in Sydney has exposed vulnerabilities in their systems.

Police pounced on the syndicate on Tuesday and arrested four people
in Sydney, including the franchisee of the Sylvania Waters Post Office.

They believe the ring has imported between 160 and 220 Glock pistols by
air freight since last year, including some linked to recent Sydney shootings.

Detectives say the Austrian-made guns were sold to a firearms
dealership in Germany and then illegally brought to Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-14/pistol-import-ring-exposes-customs-service/3889450

Hey, mom! Look at the gun merry-go-round!