Australia to Implement National Gun Register

Australia will create a national firearms register, linking information about firearm ownership from every state in the country to a central hub. The news follows a meeting of the National Cabinet between Australian state and territory leaders with the prime minister on Dec. 6. The National Cabinet will work together to make the firearms register fully operational within four years. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claimed the reform will keep Australia’s first responders and community “safer,” hailing it as the “most significant improvement in Australia’s firearms management systems” in almost 30 years. “While Australia has some of the strongest firearms laws in the world, the register will address significant gaps and inconsistencies with the way firearms are managed across all jurisdictions,” Mr. Albanese said in a statement....