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    Register of failure

    Jun 13, 2022 2 minutes
    BY GRAHAM PARK, SHOOTERS UNION

    THE doxxing — the release of personally identifiable information — of a large number of Western Australian gun owners by West Australia Police (WAPOL) has to be one of the most spectacular own goals in recent memory, and represents undeniable, un-ignorable proof that centralised registries of firearms are a security issue waiting to happen.

    In case you missed the news, in late newspaper published a front-page story with a street map of part of Perth showing locations where registered guns were located. They were represented by bullet holes.

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