Philip Alpers

Part of the final cache of more than 30,000 firearms seized under the NSW Firearms Amnesty and Handgun Buyback waiting to be destroyed. Mick Tsikas/AAP

April 27, 2016

Australia’s gun numbers climb: men who own several buy more than ever before

Philip Alpers, University of Sydney

For the first time in 20 years, Australia’s national arsenal of private guns is larger than it was before the Port Arthur massacre.

Are licensed gun owners automatically good citizens? The evidence says no. AAP/Paul Miller

October 6, 2015

If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?

Philip Alpers, University of Sydney

We should not downplay the significant contribution to early mortality posed by previously law-abiding gun owners who, in the heat of the moment, decide to kill.

Just over a decade ago this boy posed in front of a mound of weapons handed in during a gun amnesty in the Solomon Islands. Today he lives in a nation that is gun-free by law. AAP/Military Public Affairs/W02 Gary Ramage

February 26, 2015

The Pacific region lives up to its name with disarming success

Philip Alpers, University of Sydney

One sprawling region stands apart for having largely avoided, and at times even reversed, the steady global proliferation of illegal firearms and death by gunshot.

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Australia’s gun numbers climb: men who own several buy more than ever before

If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?

The Pacific region lives up to its name with disarming success

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