Australian gun databases plagued by inconsistencies, Hoddle Street massacre detective says
by Adeshola Ore and Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#672M0)
Graham Kent, who investigated the 1987 shooting, says national register stalled because of competitions between jurisdictions'
A former police officer who investigated Melbourne's Hoddle Street massacre has joined the push for a genuine national firearms register amid concerns over an existing database that experts says is hindered by inconsistencies between jurisdictions.
The deadly shooting of two young police officers and a neighbour on a remote Queensland property last week has sparked renewed calls for an overhaul of Australia's firearms databases and the creation of a new centralised register.
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