CRG Report Number
28-91
Criminology Research Council grant ; (28/91)
The Guns Act 1991 introduced licensing for all firearms in Tasmania. It aimed to reduce deaths from suicide, to reduce accidents caused by guns and to reduce the level of violence in the community. This study attempted to evaluate these aims by looking at the impact of the Act on suicide, homicide, accidental gun deaths and injuries and the use of firearms in crime.