As many as 600,000 illegal guns in Australia

By Nino Bucci
Updated October 21 2016 - 9:08am, first published 8:45am
The Victoria Police Forensic Centre in Macleod, where guns are crushed. Photo: Jason South
The Victoria Police Forensic Centre in Macleod, where guns are crushed. Photo: Jason South
A gun being crushed at the Victoria Police Forensic Centre in Macleod. Photo: Jason South
A gun being crushed at the Victoria Police Forensic Centre in Macleod. Photo: Jason South

As many as 600,000 illegal guns could be circulating in the Australian underworld, but national efforts to control the spread is being hampered by inconsistencies between states, a firearms intelligence report has found.

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